• Grace Wang

    Equity Partner / Hangzhou

  • Tel +86-571-5662-3968

    Email gracewang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    IP Licensing & Enforcement, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Compliance & Investigation

  • Industries

    Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology, Media, Sports & Entertainment

Biographical notes

Grace Wang

Ms. Grace Wang acts as the Vice Chairperson of the Data and Intellectual Property Commercialization Committee of the AIPPI General Assembly, a member of the Talent Pool of Cross-border Lawyers for the Belt and Road Strategy Construction Project, a member of the State Intellectual Property Office's Foreign-related Intellectual Property Dispute Guidance Expert Pool, a member of the National Law Society's Foreign-related Leading Talent Pool, the deputy director of the International Investment and Belt and Road Professional Committee of Zhejiang Law Society. She was recognized in 2025 as a leading talent in Zhejiang Province and a Category C talent in Hangzhou, received nomination as a 2020 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific List Specially Recommended Lawyer and the 2022 ALB East China Women Lawyer Award nomination. Her distinctions also included the title of Outstanding Female Lawyer of Zhejiang Province.

Grace specializes in legal services related to intellectual property rights protection, compliance, and overseas investment. She has handled numerous domestic and international compliance matters for technology enterprises. Alongside her practice, she has conducted in-depth research on issues such as intellectual property compliance, data compliance, and AI compliance. Grace has successful experience in helping Chinese enterprises deal with investigations by the World Bank, the US BIS, and other compliance responses. Her multiple intellectual property cases have been selected as guiding cases by the Supreme People's Court, provincial high people's courts, Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, and Hangzhou Internet Court. She has also handled several intellectual property compliance projects for well-known large enterprises. Grace provides legal support for the entire lifecycles of international market expansion of franchise enterprises, whether for compliance or other matters, in various commercially active sectors such as coffee, tea beverages, catering, hotels, clothing, jewelry, streetwear, and the automotive aftermarket. Her clientele includes leading industry players and IPO applicants.

Representative Matters

Domestic and Foreign Intellectual Property Protection and Dispute Resolution

  • Provided legal services to the case over infringement of trademarks and unfair competition between an individual and Xiaomuzhi, on the one hand, and an auto repair company and a parts import company, on the other hand, a case that has been selected into the top 50 IP cases in China in 2013

  • Provided legal services to a trademark case between Hangzhou Manlongguiyu and Hangzhou Catering Services Group concerning the "Zhiwen Guan" brand, a case having been selected into top 10 IP cases in Zhejiang in 2013

  • Provided legal services to a trade secret case brought by Shanghai Yelixiali against Beida Zongheng Consultation and Xi’an Loulan Guli, a case that has been selected as one of the outstanding cases of the year of 2017 by the IP Committee of ACLA

  • Represented a major e-commerce platform to defend against the lawsuit related to personal information protection (selected as one of the top ten personal information protection cases by the Hangzhou Internet Court)

  • Represented the improper competition over data rights by a leading Chinese data enterprise Qingta Technology, having the case settled and securing compensation for the client

  • Represented an AI unicorn company in disputes concerning computer software copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, commercial defamation, and damages caused by defective preservation measures, achieving victory in all cases

  • Represented Baiying Technology in the artificial intelligence patent infringement case against Nanjing Guiji Intelligent, and won the case

  • Represented New Hope in administrative proceedings and civil litigation regarding trademark infringement and design patent disputes related to "Shuangyou Juice" (double pomelo juice), winning all cases

  • Represented Dianhun Network in responding to a copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute filed by a listed company, and reached a comprehensive settlement

  • Represented Shanghai Xunmeng Information Technology Co., Ltd. in responding to an unfair competition dispute filed by Hangzhou Juangua Network Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Shiqu Information Technology Co., Ltd., resulting in the plaintiff withdrawing the lawsuit

  • Represented Firstomato (Nanchang) Limited in successfully addressing intellectual property complaints on a cross-border e-commerce platform, obtaining the platform’s support and avoiding product delisting

  • Represented Xiaohongshu Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in a reputation right dispute case and won the case

  • Provided legal services for Dunlopillo (Shenzen) Ltd. in responding to trademark infringement complaints on e-commerce platforms, and obtained platform support

  • Represented the separate civil compensation case in the criminal case of counterfeiting registered trademarks involving the brand "Robam Appliances" and secured compensation

  • Provided legal services to a trademark Infringement case between Guangzhou Xizi Otis and Zhejiang Gang'ao Elevator as well as Xizi Crane

  • Represented Hangzhou Sanqian Xufuniu Catering Management Co., Ltd. in a series of trademark infringement disputes

  • Represented Hangzhou Fresh Diffuse Cultural and Creative Ltd. in a copyright infringement case filed by Zhejiang Huace Film and TV Co., Ltd.

  • Represented Hangzhou ZT Model Co., Ltd. in a series of copyright infringement cases

  • Represented Firstomato (Nanchang) Limited in filing a lawsuit against Studex Corporation (US) for confirmation of non-infringement of trademark rights and unfair competition, and won the case

  • Represented Zoje Kitchen & Bath in a patent litigation before a federal court of the Northern District of Illinois, against Xiamen Lota

  • Represented Zhejiang Wanlong (a Chinese listed company) in a patent litigation in a federal court of the Northern District of New York, against Cixi Weishi and PPC Broadband, Inc.

  • Provided legal services for trademark disputes to China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd. in Belarus

  • Represented Jinhua Xuebei in a patent litigation in a court in Hamburg, Germany, against a Spanish company

  • Represented Super 8 Hotels in the cases of unit system consulting services and trademark licensing litigation

  • Provided legal services to Hangzhou Ditai BIO-TECH Co., Ltd. for overseas intellectual property disputes

  • Represented Jinhua Lanbo Baby Items Co., Ltd. in a design patent infringement case and assisted the client with filing intellectual property rights with the customs

  • Represented Xuebei Baby & Child Products Co., Ltd. in a series of cases involving patent infringement, unfair competition disputes, and administrative litigation over patent invalidation declarations

  • Advised LABORATOIRES M&L on the ANDORHEAL trademark infringement and unfair competition case

  • Provided legal services for TISENTO trademark invalidation and won the case

  • Represented BOY London in managing trademark-related complaints with the industry and commerce department in Zhejiang

  • Provided legal services to Feida Environmental Protection in the arbitration case in Chennai, India, and obtained support

  • Provided legal services to NHU in responding to an India-related anti-dumping case, resulting in the applicant’s withdrawal of the case

  • Provided legal services to Zhejiang Water Group in responding to the World Bank sanction investigation and successfully defended the client and reduced the nine-year sanction period to two years

  • Provided legal services to a certain group in responding to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sanction investigation

  • Provided legal services to a Singapore-based chip trading enterprise in responding to export control investigations

  • Represented Shenzhen Mollytea Food and Beverage Management Co., Ltd. in responding to LV's intellectual property (trademark infringement) litigation


Domestic and International Compliance

  • Provided legal services on data compliance and cybersecurity compliance for the Hong Kong listing of Jiangsu Cloud Workshop

  • Provided compliance services for Geogpt, the world’s first geological scientific research AI large model developed by Zhejiang Lab

  • Provided legal services to Nongfu Spring for its cross-border data transmission between Singapore and Hong Kong

  • Provided legal services to Coloplast (China) Medical Devices Limited for group-wide data compliance and data export security assessment

  • Provided legal services for the filing of standard contracts for the cross-border transfer of personal information to Coloplast (China) Medical Devices Limited

  • Provided legal services for regulatory compliance of launching medical products to Coloplast (China) Medical Devices Limited

  • Provided legal services for regulatory compliance for cross-border data transfer to NHU, a leading listed fine chemical company

  • Provided legal services for GDPR compliance for overseas employees' use of WeChat to Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd., involving data transfer from the EU to locations in China

  • Provided legal services for data compliance to Hangzhou Qingta Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for data security compliance to Merit Interactive Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for personal information protection impact assessment (PIA) to Merit Interactive Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for data compliance of Zhejiang Lab's Tianshu Platform

  • Provided legal services for the data compliance and privacy protection project of Xunfeng Technology (Guizhou) Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the data compliance project of Hangzhou Fanghuichuntang Group Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for design and formulation of the data compliance pre-examination system to Wenzhou China Data Security Port

  • Provided legal services for design and formulation of the negative list of compliance obligations for data enterprises at Wenzhou China Data Security Port

  • Provided data compliance services for the Wenzhou Big Data Development Administration

  • Provided legal services for the preliminary review of pre-financing compliance of the big data department of Zhejiang Chint Electric Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the data compliance project of a female care products company

  • Provided legal services for open-source software compliance to TCL Group

  • Provided open-source compliance services to Aliyun Computing Co., Ltd.

  • Provided compliance consulting services for the Data Center Project of Zhijiang Lab

  • Provided legal services for the compliance project of the scientific and technological achievement transformation system design of Zhijiang Lab

  • Provided legal services for the intellectual property and trade secret compliance project, special compliance, and intellectual property compliance project for Technology Transfer of East China Survey and Design Institute of Power China Group

  • Provided patent stability assessment to Shenzhen Moore Health Medical Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for combing through patents to ReyeMico (Hangzhou) Medical Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for domestic and international patent portfolio to Mdco Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal support for the intellectual property operation and domestic and overseas portfolio of crystal form research and development of Leading Industry Pharmaceuticals

  • Provided legal services for patent portfolio to Zhongbai Jiyuan Biotechnology

  • Provided legal services for the cancer detection technology transfer project of the Israel Institute of Technology

  • Acted as the general legal for Belgium pavilion in the Shanghai EXPO

  • Provided intellectual property legal services for the project operation of Starlight Culture and Entertainment’s film and television works

  • Provided legal services for IP licensing relating to the acquisition of Talking Tom by Jinke Entertainment

  • Provided legal services and compliance for the investment in film and television by Yibin Wuliangye Co., Ltd.

  • Provided compliance legal services for Xunfeng Technology (Guizhou) Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services on restructuring and business compliance for the top internet celebrity e-commerce platform of Xueli

  • Provided antitrust compliance legal services for Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for Zhejiang Water Group in response to the World Bank sanctions investigation and compliance system


Cross-border Investment and Financing

  • Acted as PRC counsel to Jiangsu Cloud Workshop Information Technology Co., Ltd. for its listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Guangdong Yuanji Food Group Co., Ltd. (Yuanji Yun Dumpling)

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Nine Mao Nine (Guangzhou) Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Chengdu Xiaolongkan Catering Management Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Beijing Yuni Yiqi Brand Management Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the overseas projects of Shanghai Shihao Food Co., Ltd. (Jixiang Wonton)

  • Provided legal services for the overseas investment of Zhejiang Ruilong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided special legal services for foreign-related matters of Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal opinions on inbound investment and merger filing to Sunseap China for its acquisition of Gansu Feibaisi Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Gaotai Laite Photovoltaic Power Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the equity acquisition project of a foreign-invested company by Xilinmen Furniture Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services for the joint venture project between Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd. and a chemical giant

  • Provided full-process legal services for the overseas non-profit organization of Zhejiang Lab

  • Provided legal services to United Forever Limited for the acquisition projects in Hungary and Poland

  • Provided legal services for the international trade and international investment of Zhejiang Tobacco Industry

  • Provided legal services for the overseas US dollar fund investment and compliance of Hangzhou Kechuang Incubator Co., Ltd. 

  • Provided legal services to Zhejiang Feida Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. for its acquisition of a waste incineration power generation project in Vietnam

  • Provided legal services for Zhejiang Huamei Holding Co., Ltd. in its participation in the merger and acquisition project of Virgin Films in the United States

  • Represented Rifa Group in its acquisition of a ranch in Australia

  • Represented Chinese listed company Yingfangwei in its acquisition of Siano Mobile Silicon, Inc., an Israeli company

  • Provided legal services to Sprimo, a Silicon Valley company, for technology transfer and project financing

  • Provided legal services to Silicon Valley-based Lightning Inc. for technology transfer and project financing

  • Provided legal services to Hangzhou Wuzhou Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. for the introduction of technology from Israeli company Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. 

  • Provided legal services for the investment project of Hangzhou Shenhao Technology Co., Ltd. in Archon Technologies S.r.l. of Italy

  • Advised Hangzhou Mutual Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. on its overseas investment projects

  • Advised Zhejiang Reallin Electron on its investment project in Malaysia

  • Represented Fancheng Tech in its acquisition of an exchange for cryptocurrency

  • Advised on the merger between Tongyong Bearings and Ningbo Gengda Bearings

  • Advised a Zhejiang-based company on its investment in a solar photovoltaic project in the state of Selangor, Malaysia

  • Advised on the merger between SCA, a Swedish company, and Hangzhou Zhenqi

  • Advised Zhejiang Chengcheng Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. on its Israeli agricultural investment project

  • Provided legal services to DC AFAM NV (Belgium) for its investment in agricultural cooperation projects in China

  • Represented Chinese listed company Hikvision in its joint venture in India and set-up of subsidiaries in the Netherlands and the US

  • Advised Zhejiang Feida Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. on the compulsory liquidation of LANCO INTERNATIONAL PTE.LTD.

  • Provided legal services on compliance consulting for a series of overseas loan and syndicated loan projects of China Minsheng Bank

  • Provided legal services for the EPC project of integrated equipment investment in Bangladesh by Hangzhou Yongchen Industrial Co., Ltd.

  • Hosted the foreign-related specialized legal service project for Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd.

Honors and Awards

Special letters of appreciation, Department of Trade in Services (DTS) of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), consecutive years

Zhejiang Provincial Leading Talent, 2025

Hangzhou Class C Talent, 2025

Top 50 Elite Lawyers Under 50 in the Field of Intellectual Property, IPRDAILY China, 2023

Nominated for the 2022 ALB East China Women Lawyers

Recommended lawyers, The Legal 500, 2020

Zhejiang Outstanding Female Lawyer, Zhejiang Bar Association

Outstanding Contribution, Annual AIPPI China, 2023

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, ACLA (All China Lawyers Association) Foreign-related Leading Talents

Member, Cross-border Lawyers of Strategic Construction Project of One Belt One Road

Member, Hangzhou Legal Talent Pool (for International Legal Services)

Member, the second batch of national overseas intellectual property disputes response guidance experts list

Member, List of Experts in the Field of Trade Secrets in Zhejiang Province

Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Commercialisation of Data and IP

Member, Union Internationale des Avocats

Legal Advisor, a certain department of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

Deputy Director, Digital Economy Committee of Hangzhou Bar Association

Member, the Second International Commercial Legal Experts Pool of the Zhejiang Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

Expert, Overseas Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution in Zhejiang Province

Commissioner, Zhejiang Youth Federation

Board Member, Hangzhou Overseas Returnees’ Club

Mediator, Hangzhou Mediation Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade / China Chamber of International Commerce

Legal Advisor, People's Government of Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province

Delegate, the 13th Party Congress of Hangzhou City

Member, China (Wenzhou) Data Security and Compliance Expert Committee

Member and Legal Advisor, China Chain-Store & Franchise Association

Executive Director and Legal Advisor of Zhejiang Chain Operation Association

Practice Mentor, Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University

Distinguished Instructor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Overseas Education College

Visiting Scholar, University Hasselt

Visiting Scholar, University of Houston

Members, Overseas Students Association

Trainee, DE WOLF & PARTNERS (Brussels headquarters, Belgium)

Trainee, MORGAN LEWIS (Houston branch, US)

Trainee, GARRIGUES (Madrid headquarters, Spain)

Publications

"Analysis of Compliance Key Points for Listed Companies Planning to Issue RWA Products", August 2025

"New Course for Intelligent Manufacturing: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global Compliance Risks for China's Industrial Robots", July 2025

"Study on Jurisdiction Issues in Cases Involving Large AI Models", May 2025

"Practical Guidance on the Record-filing of Commercial Franchises in China and Hot Issues in Franchise Dispute Litigation", The Legal 500, March 2025

"Analysis of 100 Data-related Cases", Law Press China, March 2025

"White Paper on First-store Economy" (leading contributor), China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA), February 2025

"Analysis of Guiding Cases on Foreign-related Intellectual Property Rights",Law Press China, March 2024

"Commentary on Guiding Cases of Responding to Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes", Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2024

"Legal Practice on AI Compliance and Intellectual Property in China", China Legal Publishing House, December 2022

"White Paper on Open Source Compliance" (Chinese-English Bilingual Version), 2024

"2022 Telecoms and Media – China", Lexology GTDT, August 2022

"An Analysis of the Challenges and Response Systems of Artificial Intelligence on Intellectual Property Protection in China and the United States", Shanghai Law Society, December 2021

"Common legal issues in franchise dispute litigation", Thomson Reuters, January 2021

"White Paper on Franchise Disputes in China", The Chain Store Association, 2020, 2021, and 2022

"Highlighted Legal Issues for Foreign Brands on Entering Chinese E-Commerce Platforms", UIA Juriste Internationa, April 2021

"When KCI meets IPR - Core Technology and Core Technical Staff Chapter, When KCI meets IPR - IPR Attribution Chapter", China Inventions and Patents, Vol. 16, No. 187 overall, July 16, 2019

"Country Report on the Legal Environment of Countries Along the Belt and Road" (Zimbabwe section, coauthor), Peking University Press, November 2018

"Risk Control in the Purchase of Assets of US Bankruptcy Enterprises - An Analysis of Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code", Legal Publishing House, April 2018

"Litigation Strategies for Data Breach by Service Providers", law business, Business Law Series 8, No. 8, September 2017

"Country Report on the Legal Environment of Countries along the Belt and Road, Czech Republic Section", Peking University Press, June 2017 (co-author)

"Analysis of Legal Risks and Precautions for China's Overseas Expansion into Israel", "One Belt, One Road" Legal Practice Special, Law Press, October 2016

"China's Intellectual Property Rights and Rules and Infringement Remedies", Sino-German Intellectual Property Rights Proceedings, 2016

"On the Reasons for the Dismantling of VIE Structures and the Difficulties of Return", Frontiers of Information Network and High Technology Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, September 2015

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2003

  • Education

    LL.M., Temple University
    EMBA, Zhejiang University
    LL.B., International Economic Law, Ocean University of China

  • Professional Experience

    Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior Partner, Zhejiang L&H Law Firm, 2007-2017
    Associate, Zhejiang Wanma Law Firm, 2003-2006
    Legal Counsel. China Life, Hangzhou Branch, 2001-2003

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English