Practice areas

Intellectual property management and litigation; International litigation and arbitration; Corporate transactions and investment; Export control

Introduction

Helen Su Huilun is the leader of Alston & Bird’s China practice and concentrates her practice on cross-border litigation, arbitration, and related strategy counselling with an emphasis on intellectual property, product liability, and commercial disputes. Her practice also encompasses regulatory matters such as export control and CFIUS, as well as finance, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and international business transactions involving the US, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Europe. She has extensive experience representing Chinese companies from a variety of industries and technologies, including consumer electronics, rare earth manufacturing, medical devices, light emitting diodes (LEDs), liquid crystal displays (LCDs), semiconductors, chemical products, healthcare, biotech, medical device, and insurance.

Su’s dedication to her Chinese clients earned her recognition as an Intellectual Property Foreign Expert for China by Chambers Global 2017 and 2018.

Before moving into private practice, she worked for several years in China as general counsel to a multinational display maker company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This unique experience allows her to counsel on and solve clients’ problems from both a legal perspective and a strategic business perspective.

Su is a frequent speaker on IP issues, product liability, director and officer liability, and international arbitration in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US.

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