Attorney Chen KOU specializes in intellectual property dispute resolution, excelling in handling complex cases involving trade secret infringement, unfair competition, corporate governance, criminal compliance, criminal defense, and cross-border technology investments and M&A.

Attorney KOU boasts over a decade of expertise spanning intellectual property, compliance, criminal defense, investment & M&A, and corporate governance. She prioritizes clients’ business goals, seamlessly blending IPR compliance, dispute resolution, corporate criminal compliance, corporate governance, criminal defense, and cross-border investments into a cohesive, efficient legal service package, ensuring prompt, innovative, and comprehensive support. Her notable cases (litigation & non-litigation) include: Defended CASIC and CASC-affiliated entities in trade secret infringement cases; implemented trade secret & anti-bribery compliance for a Sci-Tech Innovation Board-listed firm; provided tailored intellectual property services to Sinovation Ventures regarding the lack of trademark distinctiveness; furnished Fangdongdemao with artist brokerage legal services; secured a suspended sentence for a listed company in a false disclosure case; and offered legal services to a prominent startup team in their venture capital financing dealings with firms such as Matrix Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Attorney KOU’s approach merges rigorous professionalism with innovative drive, embodying the rational calm of a seasoned legal practitioner and the trailblazing creativity of an entrepreneur. She excels in navigating high-uncertainty environments, methodically advancing towards objectives. Attorney KOU predominantly serves the vanguard of tech industries, specializing in hard technology, cultural consumption, biomedicine, AI, and high-tech. She has served numerous unicorn enterprises, listed companies, and elite startup teams, earning her the deep trust and support of founders.

Prior to joining Tsinglaw, attorney KOU successively worked at Jinwen Partners, and Unitalen Attorneys at Law and Hiways Law Firm for many years. Attorney KOU co-founded a tech startup with executives from Accenture and Microsoft, and recently engaged in extensive dialogue and collaborative research with numerous entrepreneurs, experts, and innovation management scholars.

Attorney KOU served as a public interest lawyer for the First Xinhuanet Student Employment and Entrepreneurship Public Interest Lawyer Group
Attorney KOU awarded honourable title of individual member of AIPPI Chinese group

Attorney KOU has published many professional articles in China Intellectual Property

Attorney KOU graduated from the Law School of Southwest University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law;
Attorney KOU has completed the Jungian Psychology System Training at Kyoto University and the Jungian Psychoanalysis Course System Training at Shen Heyong；
Attorney KOU has received training in postmodernist psychology from Mr. Li Zixun.