ELLALAN is a vibrant full-service law firm rooted in Hong Kong and well-connected with the rest of the world.
Founded by two leading intellectual property lawyers Alan Chiu and Ella Cheong JP, ELLALAN began its journey as a young IP boutique law firm in October 2016. It went through some amazing years of rapid development and is now widely recognized by global legal publishers as one of the fastest-growing law firms in Asia.
ELLALAN group has grown from 17 to 70+ people and from 1 office of 3,500 sq. ft. to 3 office locations, namely Hong Kong, Beijing and Guangzhou, with office space of over 17,000 sq. ft. in total. ELLALAN has served over 1,000 clients, ranging from global conglomerates, MNCs, blue-chip companies, PRC state-owned companies to start-ups (including some top Hong Kong unicorns) as well as high net-worth individuals and celebrities.
ELLALAN group currently consists of: ELLALAN (张淑姬赵之威律师行), a Hong Kong law firm; (ii) ELLALAN (Guangdong) Law Office (广东健伦君律师事务所), a PRC law firm based in Guangzhou; and (iii) ELLALAN (Beijing) IP Agency Limited (健伦(北京)知识产权代理有限公司), an intellectual property agency in Beijing, providing a full range of legal service to serve clients’ legal and commercial needs in the Greater China Region.
Goals and Vision
ELLALAN believes bigger is not necessarily better. The firm strives to position itself uniquely to offer clients top-tier firm’s quality and partners’ attention without compromising practicality and flexibility and also at competitive rates.
ELLALAN also prides itself on engineering options to resolve clients’ complex problems and adding value to clients’ businesses.
Practical, efficient and quality are the hallmarks of ELLALAN. ELLALAN sees clients’ businesses as its and always go the extra mile to help clients succeed.
A Thriving and Award-Winning Team
ELLALAN’s lawyers received over 200 professional awards recognizing their deep knowledge and exceptional experience in the Asia legal market, particularly in respect of IP, technology, entertainment and HK – Mainland China cross-border practices.
Further, ELLALAN has a very diverse group of professionals with different backgrounds. Their lawyers are qualified to practise law in Hong Kong, China, U.K. and Singapore, and many of them are not just from law but also science and other relevant disciplines, such as biochemistry, pharmacy, IT forensic, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, finance, real estate, social science, translation and politics. Such a diverse background enables ELLALAN to have a true and thorough understanding of clients’ industries and real business needs. They speak the same language as their clients and this is precisely what clients want nowadays.
Local Expertise with Global Reach
ELLALAN is committed to serve clients’ legal and business needs with international dimensions and is well positioned to assist foreign clients to navigate the difficult waters in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and at the same time to facilitate local Hong Kong and Mainland clients to go global.
Most ELLALAN lawyers and professionals have substantial international experience in working with foreign attorneys in 100+ jurisdictions to handle overseas legal and IP matters on a day-to-day basis. The team includes many multilingual speakers who previously worked in the UK, Singapore, Japan, Australia, US, Mainland China, etc., giving them on-the-ground experience and familiarity with international laws, practices and regulations.
