Steven Lisi ZHOU

Lisi is deputy managing partner, member of executing board committee at P.C. Woo & Zhonglun W.D.LLP. Lisi has been invited being a mediator by Shenzhen Futian Court, Shenzhen Qianhai Court and Shenzhen Copyright Dispute Mediation since 2014 and 2018. 

Lisi’s main practice areas are Intellectual Property, Data Protection, Medical & Healthcare, Bankruptcy & Restructuring and dispute resolution.

Lisi deals with all aspects of intellectual property affairs for multi-national companies in mainland China including IP strategy planning, infringement investigation, IP search, infringement litigation, IP administrative proceeding, patent and trademark application etc.

Lisi focuses on data protection and data compliance in mainland China and overseas. Lisi used to be accepted as Chinese lawyer by IP/IT team of a European law firm, and he had worked in Dublin headquarter during 2015 to 2016.

Lisi also is an experienced lawyer in medical and healthcare area. In non-contentious areas, Lisi acts for a wide range of clients and he has a plenty of successful cases in practice.

HONERS & AWARDS

Thomson Reuters Asian Legal Business (ALB) – South China Rising Lawyers, 2022

Shenzhen Copyright Association, Shenzhen Media Group - Fifth and Sixth Gold Award of Shenzhen Copyright.

Guangdong Lawyers Association – Leading International lawyers Award, 2020

ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Shenzhen Finance Bureau - Evaluation Expert of Government Procurement

Qianhai Belt & Road Legal Services Federation - Director of Council

Shenzhen Mediation of Copyright Disputes - Invited Mediator

Shenzhen Futian Court - Invited Mediator 

Shenzhen Qianhai Court - Invited Mediator

Shenzhen Intellectual Property Bureau-Intellectual Property Expert; Intellectual Researcher

Sun Yat-sen University – LLM Tutor, Invited Lecturer

Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) – LLM Tutor, Invited Lecturer

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology – Course Instructor for Startup SMEs

The Charted Institute of Arbitrators - Associate

Shenzhen Copyright Association - Vice Chair

Shenzhen Lawyers Association - Member, International & Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan work committee; Intellectual Property law service committee; Data Protection & Compliance Committee

Guangdong Lawyers Association – Sectary-General at Greater Bay Area Committee

All China Lawyers Association - Member

Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

LANGUAGES

English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese