On May 20, 2024, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") announced their 2024 IP rankings. Lifang & Partners, for the fifth year in a row, was ranked  Tier 1 in the areas of Patent, Trademark/Copyright for China domestic law firms, owing to the firm's outstanding performance and client satisfaction.

Lifang & Partners is one of the few go-to firms for high-profile intellectual property issues in China. Many of our qualified lawyers have also had a technical or scientific education. A blend of diverse academic achievements and rich career experiences helps us to quickly understand our clients' complex legal, business, and public policy challenges, allowing us to offer practical legal solutions. We encourage our lawyers to combine their academic knowledge with their practical experience to provide efficient, high-quality legal services.

Lifang & Partners' intellectual property team profoundly understands technology, possesses strong industry knowledge, and has a proven track record of success. Our litigation team aggressively and successfully pursues our clients’ interests in complex disputes over patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, unfair competition, and other matters. We have the experience and resources to provide our clients with some of the best available representation on all intellectual property issues.

ALB, a leading legal journal owned by Thomson Reuters, is one of the most influential legal directories in the world, with its rankings covering China, Japan and most other Asian jurisdictions such as Singapore and South Korea.  ALB's IP rankings are developed mainly based on law firms' overall strength, including the volume, complexity and size of work undertaken, key clients and new client wins, key personnel hires and growth of the practice group, and year-on-year development and momentum.