Raffaello GIROTTO received his Master's Degree in Law cum laude in 2014 at the University of Trento with a thesis on trademark protection in China. He also participated in the 9th annual general conference of the European China Law Studies association (Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014) and in the collective “Essays on Chinese economic and commercial law” (Editoriale Scientifica, Naples, 2019). After collaborating with law firms, since March 2021 he has held the position of Legal Expert (Chinese Law) at the Italian Embassy in Beijing.
Ms. Eloísa Hu is PRC lawyer. She provides legal service in trademark, data protection, commercial dispute, labor disputes and foreign direct investment project. Her prior study and work experience in Spain and Latin America gives her language and cultural advantage when offering professional service to foreign-related clients. Ms. Hu is also active in legal seminars and activities organized by foreign chambers of commerce and consulates in Canton. She was speaker on various legal topics such as Foreign Investment Law, Chinese labor laws, Intellectual Property in different seminars.
Mr. Charles Feng is a partner and lawyer at East & Concord Partners. He is an IP specialist with substantial experience on intellectual property and anti-trust law in the past 15 years, focusing on IP litigation, IP transaction as well as patent and trademark portfolio management. Mr. Feng has represented a number of foreign clients from EU, the US and Japan at various levels of courts as well as enforcement agencies in China. He has been in the forefront of the law, being experienced in addressing clients' commercial needs in the areas of IP litigation and arbitration, including copyright, trademark, patent, and domain names, unfair competition, trade secrets and other dispute cases. In addition to his work in the courtrooms, he has been involved in IP transactional work, including the drafting, negotiation and enforcement of IP assignment or licensing agreements.