Leo Zheng
Foreign Law Counsel
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PRC
Westin2024$
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Career Highlights
Leo specializes in intellectual property, litigation, and M&A. Over the past 20 years, he has worked as an attorney-at-law for a law firm and in-house counsel for public companies. Before joining Summit Zenith, he was the General Counsel of a multi-national listed group company.
Representative Clients and Cases
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Developed Gene Sequence Patent Search System (Collaborated with South China University of Technology).
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Led the team in completing M&As in South Africa, the UK, and Korea and provided legal support for post-investment management.
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Managed Intellectual property legal affairs (negotiated SEP patent collaborations; handled NPE litigation, copyright litigation, and trade secret misappropriation.
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Led the team to combat software piracy through multiple measures, including licensing system, software protection, and legal action.
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Led the litigation team in handling hundreds of litigations, at a 90% prevailing rate and 40% loss mitigation rate.
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Managed legal affairs related to listed company securities (designed equity incentive plans, issued legal opinions on private placements, debt/equity swap, etc.).
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Developed contract risk management systems.
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Collected billions (RMB) account receivable through litigations, negotiations, and financial instruments.
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Handled white collar crimes (embezzlement, forgery of business record, infringement of trade secret).
Education
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LLM, William & Mary Law School
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LLM, Wuhan University