Loke-Khoon Tan
Biography
Loke-Khoon Tan is a senior partner of the award-winning IP & Technology Group in Hong Kong and China at Baker McKenzie. He is currently on the Global Firm’s Steering Committee for the Consumer Goods & Retail (including Luxury and Fashion) Industry Practice and leads the Industry Practice in the AP region. He led the IP & Technology Group as Practice Group leader from 2005 to 2020. He is also the author of various IP publications including the trilogy of “Pirates in the Middle Kingdom: the Art of Trademark War" books.
Loke-Khoon supports the Firm's Global Diversity & Inclusion Committee, focusing on LGBT+ in Asia. As an integral part of the Firm's Corporate Social Responsibility Program, the Committee has broad oversight for the strategic development and implementation of the Firm's diversity and inclusion activities. Loke-Khoon was named and awarded one of only four Stonewall Global Changemakers of the year for 2022, for his exceptional work on advancing global LGBTQ+ workplace equality. He was appointed Business Leader at the "Red Dot for Pink Dot" in 2023/2024. He was featured in the South China Morning Post for his LGBT+ work. His LinkedIn posting on his gay marriage attracted more than 50K views. He is a widely sought-after speaker on LGBT+ in the Asia-Pacific region.
Practice Focus
Professional Honors
- Asia IP Expert – Asia IP (2022-2024)
- Eminent Practitioner (Intellectual Property - International Firms, China/Hong Kong) – Chambers Greater China Region (2022-2024)
- Hall of Fame (Intellectual Property, Hong Kong) – Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021-2024)
- Leading Lawyer (Intellectual Property - International Firms, China/Hong Kong) – Chambers Global (2006-2008, 2015-2024)
- Leading Lawyer (Intellectual Property - International Firms, China/Hong Kong) – Chambers Asia Pacific (2009-2021)
- Leading Individual (Intellectual Property, Hong Kong) – Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2007-2020)
- Litigation Star (Hong Kong) – Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2021-2022)
- WIPR Leader (Hong Kong) – World IP Review (2020-2023)
- Leading Individual (Hong Kong) – World Trademark Review 1000 (2013-2024)
- Highly Recommended (Enforcement & Litigation, China and SARS: Hong Kong) – World Trademark Review 1000 (2020-2021)
- Commended External Counsel of the Year (Hong Kong) – Asian-MENA Counsel's In-house Community Counsels of the Year Awards (2018, 2020)
- Leading Lawyer (Trademarks, Hong Kong) – Who's Who Legal (2012-2016, 2020)
- Trademark Star (Trade Mark Strategy & Counselling, Hong Kong) – Managing Intellectual Property: IP Star (2014-2017, 2019-2021)
- Elite Lawyer, The A List (China Practice, Foreign Firms) – China Business Law Journal (2019-2020)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Panel of the AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre – Arbitrator
- The University of Hong Kong – Adjunct Professor of Law
- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre – Member, Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panel
- Hong Kong Institute of Trade Mark Practitioners – Member
- Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association – Member
- Hong Kong Intellectual Property Society – Member
- International Chamber of Commerce – Member
- MARQUES (The Association of European Trademark Proprietors) – Past Chairman, China Team
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APPA) – Member
- International Trademark Association (INTA) – Member
- Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) – Member
- WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre Panel – Member
- CIETAC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center – Member
- Singapore Law Review – Board of Advisors
- Hong Kong Group of the Asian Patent Attorney’s Association – Copyright Committee
- INTA – Copyright Committee, Legislation & Regulation Committee (East Asia & Pacific Subcommittee)
- IP Asia – Editorial Committee
- Intellectual Property Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong – Past Chairman
Admissions
- Hong Kong (1995)
- England & Wales (non-practising)~United Kingdom (1994)
- Singapore (1988)
Education
- Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (Executive MBA) (2000)
- National University of Singapore (LL.B.) (1987)
- Sophia University (Japan Airlines Scholarship Program) (1986)
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Hokkien
- Mandarin