Grace Shao
Biography
Grace Shao is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie’s Taipei office. She currently serves as the head of the Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology Practice Groups and possesses extensive experience in IP strategy and enforcement, particularly within the pharmaceutical, high-tech, luxury goods and entertainment sectors.
She has received numerous accolades, including being named one of the "Top 250 Women in IP Worldwide" in 2019 & 2025, one of the "Top 100 Female Litigators in Asia-Pacific" in 2021, and consistently recognized as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers in Taiwan" by Asia Business Law Journal, establishing her as a preferred attorney in the field of intellectual property on the international stage.
Grace is ranked as a leading lawyer in her field by top legal directories such as Chambers Asia Pacific/Greater China. She has won praise as a "really famous lawyer" who does not allow her celebrity to interfere with a refreshing "down-to-earth attitude" and talents for "excellent strategy formulation."
She has also advised and presented on various intellectual property issues for several organizations, including the Judicial Yuan, Intellectual Property Office, ECCT IPL Committee, the American Institute in Taiwan, and the Technology Law Symposium.
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented pharmaceutical companies in patent litigations against local generic companies, and successfully obtained preservation of evidence order, preliminary injunction, favorable judgments and various other orders and reliefs.
- Represented renowned hi-tech companies in significant trade secret misappropriation cases and successfully obtained preliminary injunction order and favorable court decisions against their former employees or infringers.
- Represented a famous IC design company to file complaint of firmware copyright infringement against its competitor, and received a substantial settlement award.
- Represented copyright holder organizations against infringers in digital media for anti-piracy program and received favorable results.
- Represents famous brands and multinational companies in enforcing trademark and copyrights, as well as handling anti-counterfeit programs.
- Coordinating and handling cross-border brand protection programs, including customs measures and Internet trademark infringement issues.
- Advising on all aspects of IP rights applications, prosecutions and administrative litigations to protect clients’ IP rights portfolios.
Professional Honors
- Named Taiwan’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal (2023~2025)
- Named Band 1 Lawyer by Chambers Greater China (2022~2025)
- Named Band 1 Lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2013~2021)
- Named Hall of Fame Individual by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021~2025)
- Named Leading Individual by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2013~2020)
- Named Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation (2024)
- Named Top 100 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation (2021)
- Named Patent & Trademark Star by Managing IP (2015~2025)
- Named Gold by World Trademark Review 1000 (2013~2025)
- Named Recommended Individual by IAM Patent 1000 (2013~2025)
- Named Top 250 Women in IP by Managing IP (2019, 2025)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Chair, Women in Licensing Association (WILA) of LESCT
- Chair, Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association (2021-2022)
- President, Taipei Bar Association (2018-2020)
- President, Taiwan Trademark Association (2020-2022)
- Director, Taiwan Mt. Jade Association
Admissions
- Taipei (Patent Attorney)~Taiwan (2009)
- New York~United States (1996)
- Taipei~Taiwan (1990)
Education
- New York University School of Law (J.S.D. Law) (1998)
- Harvard Law School (LL.M.) (1993)
- National Taiwan University (LL.B.) (1988)
Languages
- Chinese
- English