Yaxi Wang


Of Counsel
China Practice

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Email: wangyaxi@yuanhepartners.com

Ms. Wang specializes in foreign-related commercial dispute resolution, intellectual property transactions and litigation, and the pan-entertainment sector.

Ms. Wang has extensive experience in intellectual property strategy, compliance consulting, and dispute resolution in fields related to film and television media, gaming, live streaming, Internet, education, and the entertainment sector. She handles various types of intellectual property disputes, including copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, antitrust and unfair competition, domain names, data information, privacy and publicity rights, franchise operations, and technology contract disputes. Several cases represented by Ms. Wang have been recognized as typical intellectual property cases, including being selected for the “Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases of China in 2022” and “50 Typical Cases of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property by Chinese Courts in 2009” by the Supreme People’s Court, the “Top 10 Cases of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property in Beijing in 2016” by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, and the “Top 10 Typical Cases of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property by Hubei Courts in 2022” by the Hubei Provincial Higher People’s Court. In 2023, Ms. Wang received the “China Top 15 IP Lawyers” award from Asian Legal Business (ALB).

Since 2006, Ms. Wang has represented clients and handled over a hundred arbitration cases before prestigious institutions such as the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and Beijing Arbitration Commission, with a cumulative case value exceeding ten billion RMB. She is adept at handling arbitration cases with English as the arbitration language or those governed by foreign laws.

Ms. Wang is a partner of Yuanhe & Twelve Table and an of counsel of Jun Wang & Associates. Before joining Yuanhe, Ms. Wang worked for many years as a senior counsel at King & Wood Mallesons. Ms. Wang graduated from China University of Political Science and Law and the University of International Business and Economics, obtained the bachelor’s degree in art and master’s degrees in law. She also pursued and obtained an LLM degree from the University of Toronto in Canada. Ms. Wang is a member of the Film and Entertainment Legal Affairs Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association. She serves as an external mentor at the Law School and the School of Foreign Languages of China University of Political Science and Law. She was also elected as a member of the Legal Translation Committee of the China Translators Association.