David Swain of Lewis Silkin on the role Hong Kong plays Greater Bay Area and the mechanisms in place to make Hong Kong a hub for IP in Asia and the GBA. To find out more about Intellectual Property developments in Hong Kong, please visit https://www.lewissilkin.com/hk

David Swain is a partner at Lewis Silkin and the Head of Intellectual Property in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific. Having studied Biochemistry at Imperial College and Entrepreneurship, Science & Technology at the University of Nottingham before converting to law, David started his legal career mainly advising in relation to pharmaceutical/medical device patent litigation, before moving to Hong Kong to concentrate on non-contentious IP issues and data privacy.

His practice involves working with multi-national and national clients on a range of cross-border and local non-contentious IP issues in relation to commercial/transactional IP matters including complex licensing, assignment, manufacturing, service, and distribution agreements, and the IP aspects of corporate transactions (including IP due diligence and stock exchange listings) in a range of sectors including energy and infrastructure, entertainment, fashion, financial services, food and beverage, information technology (including software, e-commerce, and gaming). In particular, his training and experience has made him one of the rare lawyers to have key and valuable expertise in the life sciences sector.

David also advises on a variety of personal data matters, including general personal data/privacy matters, privacy policy documents, terms of business, performing audits, and handling data breaches.

David is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) where he has been a Council Member of the Hong Kong Sub-Chapter since 2017, was the Chair of the Organising Committee for LES’ inaugural Asia-Pacific Young Members Congress (YMC) in Hong Kong (2018), and is currently the Chair of the YMC.

He is dual-qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong.