Recently, the international legal research institution Lexology officially released the 2026 Lexology Index: IP rankings. NTD attorney Christopher Shaowei has been named to the Lexology Index: IP 2026 “Highly Recommended” list for patent in China. Under the ranking’s tiered system, “Highly Recommended” status is awarded to only approximately 30% to 35% of listed practitioners. Mr. Shao’s recognition highlights his profound expertise and industry authority in addressing complex technical challenges and handling highly difficult patent cases. This honor is not only a strong affirmation by an authoritative international institution of Mr. Shao’s individual professional capabilities, but also fully reflects NTD’s deep foundation and team synergy in patent services. It marks NTD’s continued position at the forefront internationally in comprehensive strength supporting enterprise technological innovation and global IP portfolio strategy.
Lexology Index, formerly known as Who’s Who Legal, has been conducting research on the global legal services market for more than 25 years. Its annual research covers over 25,000 interviews, collects and compares more than 250,000 third-party recommendations from in-house counsel, clients, and senior practitioners, and cross-verifies these with datasets such as case records and practice histories. According to its published methodology, all of the world’s top 100 law firms by size participate in the research, and more than two-thirds of the world’s largest companies submit feedback each year.
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Christopher has been with NTD for 36 years and has litigated many complex cases and frequently represented his clients before administrative agencies and courts in China. He also counsels clients and provides legal services in all areas of intellectual property (“IP”) including licensing, dispute resolutions before administrative and judicial authorities, patent law, trademark law, copyright law, trade secrets, unfair competition, domain name disputes, and patent prosecution and invalidation. Christopher has been actively involved in the legislative process in China relating to IP laws and regulations and is a frequent speaker/panelist on patent litigation, trademark enforcement and technology transfer issues at various world leading conferences and seminars.
Christopher has served as the Vice President of Licensing Executive Society International 2018-2021, Vice President of Licensing Executive Society China, Senior Counsel of Legal Counsels Committee on Economic and Trade Frictions of CCPIT and so on. He is also a member of Intellectual Property Committee of ACLA, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriete Intellectuelle (FICIP). Meanwhile, he is the Invited Lecturer of Law School of China University of Political Science and Laws.
Christopher has been honored for a consecutive number of years as the leading practitioner in IP litigation area in China. During his recent nomination, he has received the following comments from one of his clients, a fortune 500 company –.
“Christopher Shaowei from NTD is a well-respected intellectual property litigator. Clients like his execution, pro-activeness and creativity. He consistently brings new and creative approaches to resolving our issues. These kinds of skills and acumen are so lacking and rare in typical China law firms.”
