On Thursday August 27, 2026, the 22nd Edition of Shanghai In-house Legal Summit 2026, which is part of the Asian Legal Business In-house Legal Summit Series, is convened at Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai.
Titled “Beyond Borders, Empower Growth”, the Summit brings together legal veterans and industry leaders, discussing frontier issues including “Data Governance and AI Deployment”, “Regulatory Compliance Challenges and Dispute Resolution in Going Global”, “New Frontiers of Competition in the Digital Economy & Corporate Compliance”, and “Compliance Coordination and Risk Response under the New Anti-Unfair Competition Law”.
Wanhuida Intellectual Property sponsors the Summit. Wang Rui, the firm’s Partner shares insights on “Patent Risk Mitigation for Overseas Expansion”. Ms. Wang offers practical takeaways on freedom-to-operate analysis and design-arounds from a case law perspective. She urges businesses to use a forward-looking approach to mitigate patent risks and advises the corporate legal, R&D and business team to collaborate in risk identification, design-arounds and revalidation. Li Jie, another Wanhuida Partner moderates the session.
Wang Rui speaking
Li Jie moderating
Wanhuida also sends out Associate Zhang Xiaoquan and Patent Attorney Qiu Zhongkuang to the Summit.
Wanhuida delegation (L to R: Wang Rui, Li Jie, Zhang Xiaoquan & Qiu Zhongkuang)
Zhang Xiaoquan interacting with attendees at Wanhuida Booth
Wanhuida practitioners also interact with attendees visiting the firm’s booth at the Summit.