Dr. Leslie Xu is a Partner at Chang Tsi and Head of its Shanghai Office, and currently serves as Director of the Chang Tsi Strategic Research Institute. He has long specialized in intellectual property law, combining strong academic credentials with extensive practical experience. He is committed to providing clients with comprehensive, actionable solutions that align legal compliance with business objectives. His practice areas include overall IP strategy planning, judicial and administrative protection of IP, online and domain name protection, anti-unfair competition and antitrust, as well as data compliance and corporate compliance governance.
As Director of the Chang Tsi Strategic Research Institute, Dr. Xu focuses on institutional developments, judicial trends, and global regulatory dynamics in cutting-edge fields such as IP, artificial intelligence, data governance, and the platform economy. He leads his team in conducting systematic legal research, industry trend analysis, and cross-jurisdictional comparative studies, regularly producing white papers, special reports, and strategic insights. These efforts help enterprises proactively identify regulatory changes and policy developments, assess legal risks in a forward-looking manner, optimize their IP portfolios and business strategies, and achieve coordinated advancement of compliance and innovation.
In practice, Dr. Xu has extensive experience advising multinational corporations and high-growth enterprises on IP strategy and risk management. His industry coverage includes high technology, consumer goods, energy, advanced manufacturing, financial services, and new media. He has led his team in handling numerous complex non-contentious IP matters and high-stakes infringement litigations, securing landmark judgments and substantial damages for clients. He also provides legal support for cross-border investments and international expansion, particularly assisting Chinese enterprises in the European market with IP compliance and dispute resolution, and is well versed in international collaboration and cross-cultural communication.
Dr. Xu holds a Ph.D. in IP Law. He has conducted research as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Germany. He is a recipient of the German Chancellor Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and the UK Chevening Fellowship, among other international honors. He also serves as an expert advisor on IP and competition law for various government authorities and has published extensively in leading Chinese and international academic journals.
Since 2014
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