Ms. Jinxiao (Becky) Zhao joined the Shenzhen office of BZW Law Firm in 2023 and has focused on intellectual property since 2012. Over the course of her career she has worked successively as a patent examiner, a patent attorney and a lawyer, and has practised at law firms in both Shenzhen and Hong Kong, handling a large number of cross-border matters. She started at the Patent Examination Cooperation (Guangdong) Center of the CNIPA Patent Office, and later worked in patent agencies and at a Hong Kong law firm before joining BZW.

She holds a master’s degree and is a qualified Patent Agent, a Certified Senior Corporate Compliance Officer and a holder of the Copyright Agent (Broker) Training and Assessment Certificate. She is a member of the Guangdong Province Foreign-Related Lawyers Pioneer Talent Pool and the Shenzhen Foreign-Related Lawyers Emerging Talent Pool, a mediator at the Qianhai International Commercial Mediation Center, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). She works in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

With a sound knowledge of IP protection regimes across multiple jurisdictions, Ms. Zhao handles the full range of foreign-related IP matters, including cross-border IP portfolio planning, dispute resolution, freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis, infringement litigation and invalidation proceedings. Her practice covers intellectual property, cross-border compliance and foreign-related dispute resolution, with a focus on serving multinational companies and technology innovation teams.

Cases she has led were recognised among the Top Ten Trademark Cases of Shenzhen 2022 and received an Excellence Award at the 2019–2022 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Outstanding Legal Service Cases. On 15 October 2026, she was named to LegalOne’s “Prominent 45: Intellectual Property” list, in recognition of her solid IP expertise, extensive dispute resolution experience and strong cross-border service capabilities.