Fiona (Fang) Zhang

Fiona (Fang) Zhang is a partner, lawyer and trademark attorney at Kangxin Partners, P.C., one of China's leading intellectual property firms, based in Beijing. Focused on the resolution of trademark and related intellectual property disputes, she has been named Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year in China at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, an award that recognises her record in protecting and enforcing the rights of brand owners in China.

With more than a decade of experience in intellectual property services, Zhang has developed particular strength in trademark and copyright prosecution, litigation and enforcement. She has established herself as an authority in trademark strategy and corporate compliance, helping intellectual property owners from around the world design and implement tailored programmes for protecting their rights in the Chinese market. Her work spans both the securing of rights and their defence, giving clients a single adviser who understands how registration decisions taken early can shape the strength of a case later on.

Her dispute resolution practice is notably wide-ranging. She handles matters involving trademarks, copyright, customs protection and domain names, and acts in administrative and infringement litigation as well as civil and criminal proceedings. Her enforcement toolkit extends to investigations, cease-and-desist letters, complaints to internet service providers and raid actions, reflecting the reality that effective brand protection in China often requires a coordinated combination of administrative, judicial and practical measures rather than reliance on any single route. Trademark protection in China is a priority for international brand owners given the scale of the market and the sophistication of infringers, and it rewards advisers who can knit together prosecution, administrative enforcement and litigation into a coherent strategy, anticipating disputes at the registration stage so that rights can be defended decisively when they are later challenged.

Zhang advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries, applying her strategic understanding of the Chinese trademark system to disputes and enforcement campaigns of varying scale and complexity. Her ability to move between prosecution and contentious work allows her to advise brand owners not only on how to respond to infringement but on how to structure their portfolios to make enforcement more straightforward, an approach valued by international companies confronting the challenges of protecting well-known marks in a large and fast-moving market.

Kangxin Partners, the firm at which she practises, brings more than twenty-five years of experience to a full range of intellectual property services covering patents, trademarks, copyright and IP litigation, and is recognised as having one of the strongest trademark practices in China. Within that platform, Fiona Zhang offers clients the combination of strategic insight, enforcement experience and cross-border sensitivity that trademark disputes in China demand. Her recognition as Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year in China at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 affirms her standing among the country's leading intellectual property dispute practitioners.