Translator：Jiang Wenyu

Recently, China Business Law Journal announced the list of "100 Elite Lawyers in China" for 2021, and Gao Qiang, Senior Partner of Intellectual Property Department of Landing law Offices, was honored to be included in the list for his profound legal expertise and outstanding client service ability.

China Business Law Journal selects various lists for the Chinese legal services market every year. The results of these selections are widely regarded as authoritative standards reflecting the capabilities of legal service institutions and lawyers in China. The A-List Legal Elite is the only annual individual lawyer award presented by China Business Law Journal. To commend the outstanding performance of these 100 outstanding lawyers in China business this year, China Business Law Journal has compiled the A-List Elite Lawyers list based on joint recommendation of many legal professionals, executives and lawyers of domestic and foreign enterprises.

According to a survey conducted by China Business Law Journal, Mr. Gao was highly rated by his clients. Clients served by Mr. Gao generally believe that he has demonstrated excellent business ability, profound legal level, and highly conscientious and responsible practice spirit in providing legal services. Mr. Gao is familiar with the relevant technologies, business operations and business models in the TMT field, and when representing clients in litigation cases involving intellectual property disputes in IT network technology, film, television, culture and entertainment, he is able to quickly and accurately identify and focus on the key issues, and better assist clients in avoiding unnecessary legal troubles and business risks.

Mr. Gao graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law in 2010 with a master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law. After graduation, Mr. Gao practiced in Dentons' Shanghai office, and formally joined Landing law Offices in 2019. He is now a member of the Management Committee of Landing law Offices, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Department, an external tutor of the School of Law of Shanghai University, and an external tutor of the School of Cultural Creative Industries Management of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, and Mr. Gao was honored with the "Rising Star Lawyer" award by China Business Law Journal in 2021, and was selected as one of the elite young lawyers in Chinese business.

Mr. Gao has more than 10 years of experience in intellectual property law practice and specializes in handling major and difficult intellectual property and unfair competition disputes in the field of Internet and high-tech. Mr. Gao has represented a number of first cases in the industry and cases with national influence, such as the "huya.com.cn" infringement/unfair competition dispute case, which is the first case of unfair competition dispute caused by domain name redirection in China, and the “zhoulibo.com” domain name ownership dispute case, which was awarded as one of the "Top 10 Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection in Shanghai in 2012" and one of the "50 Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection by the Supreme People's Court in 2012".