Shishu Chen

Shishu Chen focuses her practice on both contentious and commercial intellectual property matters. Her experience includes advising clients on enforcing and defending patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, and confidential information, and this has included coordinating investigations on counterfeiting activities, assisting in pre-action counselling and negotiations, acting for clients in both civil infringement litigation and criminal prosecution, representing clients in applications for site-blocking orders, and initiating and defending trademark opposition proceedings.

Shishu also advises clients on broad contractual and IP specific issues arising from commercial transactions, and assists clients with the negotiations on and drafting of a broad range of agreements for licensing, contract manufacturing, franchising, joint development, and supply of goods and services. She has experience in conducting full suite IP audits to support IP valuations, and regularly assists with IP due diligence and related legal matters in M&A projects.

Having also gained in-house work experience, Shishu has developed strong commercial awareness, the ability to communicate complex issues, and a practical understanding of how legal decisions shape business operations. She acts for clients across a range of sectors and industries, including pharmaceutical, life sciences, fintech, education, food & nutrition, and retail. Shishu is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as an advocate and solicitor of Singapore. She is fluent in Mandarin.