Recently, Dentons Hong Kong LLP welcomed three lawyers—Loke-Khoon Tan,Dominic Edmondson, and Maria Joannides Smith—to its team.

 

The three lawyers previously worked at Baker McKenzie, specializing in intellectual property legal services. Among them:

 

Loke-Khoon Tan primarily focuses on IP rights structuring and protection, bringing nearly four decades of legal experience. Before joining Dentons, he spent over 30 years at Baker McKenzie, where he led the firm’s regional IP and technology practice as well as its consumer goods and retail sector. At Dentons, he will serve as a partner and head of the IP and technology practice.

 

Dominic Edmondson’s practice areas mainly include global data privacy and protection, artificial intelligence, technology and IT transactions, cybersecurity, e-commerce, telecommunications, and digital media. Prior to joining Dentons, he was a special counsel at Baker McKenzie and previously worked at Rouse and Hogan Lovells. He will now take on the role of senior consultant at Dentons and head of the data privacy and cybersecurity practice.

 

Maria Joannides Smith has long focused on providing services in contentious, non-contentious, and commercial IP matters, covering regional and global IP protection and enforcement strategy formulation, IP rights structuring, product brand selection and clearance, and brand protection and enforcement. She previously led Baker McKenzie’s brand protection & enforcement team in Hong Kong and Asia. After joining Dentons, she will serve as head of the trademark practice.

 

The addition of these three lawyers will help Dentons further expand its IP and technology practice in Hong Kong.