With more than eight partners in the team, HFG Intellectual Property Consulting Corporation is one of the more active IP firms in Shanghai. Managing partner Bian Zizhen used to work for Rouse and the firm has a very international practice, counting LVMH, Canon, BMW, Shiseido, Estée Lauder and Wal-Mart as some of its clients. Fabio Giacopello joined as a partner in September 2010 to add to the firm's patent litigation and anti-counterfeiting practice. He helped LVMH to uncover an entire network of infringers by tracking retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers of the bottles and bottler of the wine.
Specialising in litigation, partner Tiger Zhao is recommended by a client: "Tiger Zhao is currently our primary contact and we are pleased with her work, timeliness and reasonableness on fees." Zhao acted for Canon in internet surveillance and enforcement actions that successfully removed infringing web pages and links of online shops by contacting various internet service providers. Similar actions were also taken for Dulux and Shiseido.