On Wednesday 23rd July 2025, Hong Kong-based legal magazine China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) releases the winners of its “China Business Law Awards 2025”. The awards are designed to showcase the diversity of talent in the legal services market while offering assistance to in-house readers as they consider and select their legal advisers.

 

Wanhuida Intellectual Property is ranked in the category of Intellectual Property (Trademark) PRC Firms.

 

According to CBLJ, Wanhuida featured frequently in last year’s “top 10 IP cases” lists. The firm secured Xiaomi’s victory against infringers using its trademark on sex toys, trade name and business tagline, being awarded RMB30.2 million in damages. With a proven track record of supporting international brands in China, Wanhuida also assisted in the trademark defence of Yeti, Rémy Martin, Hermès and Decathlon, among others.

 

Bethany Tan, the IP manager at Nestlé China, attests to Wanhuida’s ability to navigate complex legal challenges, having witnessed the firm in action. “Their dedication to achieving justice for clients is evident in every case they undertake,” she says.

 

China Business Law Awards are based on hundreds of applications and thousands of comments from corporate executives, in-house counsels and legal professionals. The CBLJ research team conducted several months of extensive research and evaluation to determine the winners. During the evaluation stage and drawing on CBLJ’s years of reporting and observation of China’s legal market, candidate firms were closely scrutinised mainly through analysis of three information sources: their own submissions; feedback from client referees; and credible nominations from within the industry, to accurately identify the most outstanding law firms and the top-performing firms in each field. In addition to peer recommendations, CBLJ research team also factored into input from government bodies, the judiciary and academic institutions.

 

Wanhuida has been ranked in the China Business Law Awards thirteen years in a row.