Professional profile
Gordiano CASAS HERRERA
Senior Foreign Counsel
Email: gordianocasas@grandall.com.cn
T: (+86)(10) 6589 0699 ext 622
D: (+86)(10) 6589 0622
F: (+86)(10) 6589 0799 / 6517 6800 / 6517 6801
• “Business in China” - Iberglobal in cooperation with China Consultants, Online Learning Program (30 hours)
• General Intellectual Property Course - World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO
• Protection of Geographical Indications in China - European Commission, Beijing, China
• University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain, Graduate in Law
• Studies on International Law and Relations in Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of Pais Vasco
- Course founded in 1946 and recommended by the Academy of International Law of the Hague
• Foreign Direct Investment (inbound & outbound)
• International Trade
• Article “China and its new Antimonopoly Law”. Iberglobal, internet portal for the Internationalization of Enterprises and the Economy. Monographic on China
• Article “China and its new Antimonopoly Law”. Carta de Asia – Economía. Number 185 – September 27 th, 2006 (Spanish)
• Article ‘Practical IP Enforcement Measures in the People’s Republic of China’. Carta de Asia – Economía, Number 153 – January 25th, 2006 (Spanish)
• Compendium on ‘Trademark Law in China’, included in the World Trademark Law Report Yearbook 2005.
• Compendium on ‘Labor Law in China’ included in the Compendium 2005, published by the International Legal Association E-iure, 2005.
• Article ‘International Patent Infringement : The ADC case’ published by the International Business Law Consortium of the Center for International Legal Studies, October 2004.
Work Experience
• Senior Foreign Counsel, Grandall Legal Group, Beijing
• Lecturer, Macau University of Science and Technology. Master of Laws - in International Economic and Commercial Law Program, Macau
• Director, Spain and Latin-America Department, Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing
• Legal Counsel, Valencian Worldwide Investment and Foreign Trade Agency (IVEX), Beijing
• Attorney-at-Law, Legal Department of Public Construction Company ‘Los Serranos’ in Alicante, Spain
Professional Associations
• Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI), Member of the Special Committee ASIPI 2020
• International Trademark Association (INTA), Member
• Spanish Chamber of Commerce
• European Chamber of Commerce’s Intellectual Property Working Group in Beijing, China, Member
• Spanish Bar Association, Member
Representation Transactions
• Mr. Gordiano Casas advises clients, particularly foreign investors from the Spanish speaking nations in their IPR and Corporate/Commercial strategy in China;
• Gordiano also handles foreign direct investment matters, both into China and outbound investment in Spain as well as Latin American countries;
• Some of the notable clients which Mr. Casas has acted including BANCO SANTANDER, REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB, CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA, CORPORACIÓN HABANOS (COHIBAS), EBEL INTERNATIONAL, SPANISH PARALIMPIC COMMITTEE, CHIVAS DE GUADALAJARA FOOTBALL CLUB, INSTITUTE CERVANTES, MAPFRE, TELEVISION OF SPAIN, EDUCATION SECTION OF THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN BEIJING, ALSA, OMNILIFE, SANITARIOS LAMOSA, CAJAMADRID, etc.