Christine (Yaotian) Chai

Managing Partner @ Aurilex

About

As managing partner at Aurilex, I leverage my legal expertise and experience to advise clients on intellectual property, data protection compliance and commercial law matters. I have a Ph.D. in intellectual property law from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and I am a certified information privacy professional for Europe (CIPP/E). I have an extensive experience as an attorney-at-law in France and China, specializing in intellectual property protection in Europe and China, GDPR compliance, commercial contracts, litigation, and company investments. I am passionate about helping clients protect their innovation, data, and business interests in Europe and China.

Country

France

City

Paris

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

欧盟商标, 欧盟个人数据保护, 商业合同, Droit international, Conseil juridique, droit des contrats , Trademarks, Information Technology, Propriété intellectuelle, droit des affaires , Trademark Law, Personal Data Protection, Intellectual Property Law, Data Privacy, Cyberlaw, IT Law, International Trade Law, GDPR

Experience

Managing Partner

Aurilex

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Paris

- Intellectual property protection in France, Germany, Benelux, UK, EU and China (trademark, design, patent, utility model, copyright, domain name disputes); - GDPR compliance; - Commercial contracts; - Litigation; - Company investments.

Professor

IÉSEG School of Management

2021-9 - 2024-6 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Paris, France

Teaching of EU and French trademark law

Attorney at Law

rothpartners

2022-1 - 2024-3 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Paris

In charge of the department IP/Data protection: - Protection of trademarks in France, the EU and abroad, management of IP rights portfolios, drafting of IP-related contracts, proceedings before the INPI and EUIPO, IP litigation; - RGPD compliance of companies, external DPO services, drafting of contracts related to personal data processing

Lawyer

TGS France Avocats

2020-9 - 2022-1 · 1 yr 5 mos

Lille, France

- Protection of personal data, external DPO services, compliance GDPR; - Intellectual property protection; - Audit and drafting of commercial contracts, IT contracts; - Commercial litigation and IT litigation

Lawyer

VOSSIUS

2019-4 - 2020-6 · 1 yr 3 mos

Munich, Germany

Trademark and design filing; Legal drafting of observations in the opposition and invalidity procedures before the EUIPO; drafting of contracts and consultation in trademark law, copyright law, design and model law and unfair competition in various industries, e.g. mode, manufacturing, automobile

Visiting scholar

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

2018-1 - 2020-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Munich Area, Germany

Junior Associate

PINSENT MASONS GERMANY LLP

2018-10 - 2019-1 · 4 mos

Munich

Legal drafting of consultation and petitions in trademark law and unfair competition law.; responsibility for defective products; legal drafting of IT contracts, contracts of licensing and transfer

Research assistant

Freshfields

2018-1 - 2018-6 · 6 mos

Munich Area, Germany

Legal drafting of consultation, procedural documents and contracts in patent law; FRAND and SEP

Trainee

Linklaters

2017-7 - 2017-12 · 6 mos

Paris Area, France

Legal drafting of consultation and contracts in the domains of trademark law, patent law, unfair competition, design and model, copyright law and domain names; patent litigation

Interpreter English / Chinese

Munich Intellectual Property Law Center

2015-8 - 2015-9 · 2 mos

德国慕尼黑地区

Interpretation and translation for the training program of the Chinese National Intellectual Property Office at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)