On October 28, 2025, the "2025 Lexpress Luminary Lawyers 20: Intellectual Property (Copyright)" was officially released, recognizing legal professionals who demonstrate outstanding expertise and comprehensive influence in the field of intellectual property (copyright). These professionals safeguard original value through law, serve as risk prevention and compliance advisors, act as key bridges helping clients to transform "legal rights" into "commercial value," and are the "defenders" in dispute resolution and rights protection.
Han Kun partner Estella Chen was recognized among "2025 Lexpress Luminary Lawyers 20: Intellectual Property (Copyright)" for her professional reputation, industry influence, and strong client feedback in the field of intellectual property (copyright).
Reasons for Selection: Focusing on the copyright protection needs of internet, technology, and media and culture enterprises, Ms. Chen precisely balances legal boundaries with industry practices—from handling copyright disputes in online environments to assessing copyright risks of AIGC-generated content and ensuring compliant use of training data for generative AI. With extensive practical experience, Ms. Chen provides copyright and intellectual property services to numerous leading domestic TMT companies and multinational corporations, addressing traditional copyright infringement disputes as well as building copyright compliance frameworks for the digital era to meet diverse industry demands in content creation, distribution, and operations. Her practice, which equally emphasizes litigation and non-litigation work and integrates both traditional and cutting-edge issues, offers solid professional support for clarifying copyright boundaries amid technological change.
Lawyer Profile: Ms. Chen has practiced law in China more than 20 years and has profound research and legal practice experience, both in intellectual property law and corporate law. Ms. Chen's practice focuses on IP prosecution, licensing and transactions, and litigation and dispute resolution in connection with trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition.
Ms. Chen has extensive experience serving both multinational and domestic clients in a wide range of fields. She has led the representation in some court cases which have been ranked as Top 10 typical cases by the High People's Courts. She has also successfully assisted leading companies to obtain "well-known trademark" protection for their trademarks and high damage awards. Ms. Chen is dedicated to providing top-quality legal services in non-contentious IP matters including strategic protection of IP portfolios, prosecution and enforcement of IP rights, acquisition, transfer, use and licensing of IP assets, drafts and reviews of IP contracts, and advertising compliance.
Due to her professional and outstanding legal services in the field of intellectual property, Ms. Chen has received multiple awards from authoritative institutions such as The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business (ALB), World Trademark Review (WTR), and World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR).
