2024/2025
“AWA are the best in China – commercial, clear and go the extra mile.”
“AWA teams are very efficient and accurate in their legal services and analysis.”
“I chose AWA because they are light years ahead of the next best firm in China. They have the best legal minds, superior service, and unparalleled communication skills.”
“I find the AWA team to be incredibly responsive, knowledgeable, proactive, and easy to work with. They think strategically and advise proactively – which makes them quite unusual in the region. They have assisted us with customs issues, copyright registrations, investigations, acquisitions, assignment, and more. They are a go-to firm for us.”
“I have personal knowledge of people in the firm, and experience of their excellent work.”
“They are highly responsive and reliable. They show a great attentiveness to client management, proactively raising things that might be of interest.”
“The team is very reactive and provides useful analysis for our international clients who need intellectual property services in Europe and Asia.”
“They are more commercial and give sensible overall advice.”
“They are simply the best lawyers and get the best results (out of a dozen or more firms that I have used in China the past 30 years).”
“They convey pragmatic advice in plain English for a very reasonable price. And they are usually successful and extremely accurate in their predictions as to the chances of success of any mark.”
“They have a really good business understanding and therefore always suggest pragmatic and price-effective approaches.”
“They understand Western clients and their mindset. They get results. Their reporting letters are succinct and make recommendations for action. And they are extremely pragmatic in their approach to registration, as well as being highly successful.”
“We have worked with AWA for a number of years (in China and elsewhere) and are familiar with them.”
“We value their business understanding and multicultural understanding.”
Ai-Leen Lim
“Fantastic sparring partner!”
“Ai-Leen is highly responsive and attentive to managing client needs.”
“She is very responsive and provides useful analysis for us to report to our international clients.”
“Pragmatic, on top of things, experienced.”
“She is responsive, cares about the client and understands the overall commercial picture. She is willing to make tough, critical calls.”
“Ai-Leen is one of my favourite foreign associates of all time. She's such a great person and she really cares about my clients. She's a problem-solver who is always a joy to work with and her deep knowledge of this practice area inspires confidence.”
“She is such a great person and so good with the clients. She is extremely intelligent and wonderful in meetings with my clients. She has the ability to see clearly the heart of every trademark problem in mere minutes and offer several solutions, in order of what is most effective and cost efficient to the client.”
“Ai-Leen is incredibly knowledgeable, responsive, and strategic. Her advise is comprehensive, thoughtful, and practical. She has built a strong team around her and is incredibly reliable. She is absolutely my go-to in China.”
Ashley Zhao
“Ashley has a razor-sharp mind and can turn around a project in record time. She is extremely detail-oriented and accurate. I trust her completely with any task.”
“Ashley is meticulous and highly focused when dealing with our trademark work. She is so efficient and thorough with every task assigned to her. I know that the work product will be perfect when she is on the job.”
“Superfast in understanding what the business wants. Superfast in executing planned activities.”
2023
"We value their ability to provide cost-effective and attention-to-detail driven results."
"The team is very smart, responsive and provides clear advice and communication."
"I find them to be incredibly clear in their advice, strategic, creative, knowledgeable, responsive and effective."
