Seagull Song

Dr. Seagull Haiyan Song is an international partner at King and Wood Mallesons (KWM) based in China, heading the Artificial Intelligence and Tech/Media/Entertainment practice in the firm. Dr. Song is a leading authority in the field of US-China intellectual property law and entertainment law. She has advised and worked with multinational companies, international law firms, policymakers, academics and other industry players in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States for nearly three decades.

Prior to returning to KWM, Dr. Song was Associate General Counsel at NBA China, a former Professor of Law at Loyola Marymount University Loyola Law School for ten years, a former senior advisor at international law firms, and a former Senior Counsel at Disney overseeing its IP matters in the APAC region.  Dr. Song is currently a Standing Committee member of Chinese Copyright Society and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the Copyright Society.  

Dr. Song has written and published extensively in the field of US-China intellectual property law and entertainment law. She is the author of “AI-Generated Content and Copyright China” chapter (Thompson Reuters, 2024, 2025); author of the leading treatise Chinese Entertainment Law, now in its 2^nd edition (The Commercial Press, 2014, 2018); co-author of Selected Chinese Entertainment Law Cases (2023); and co-author of Transnational Intellectual Property Law: Text and Cases (Edward Elgar, 2018), among others.  

Dr. Song received her first LL.M degree from Hong Kong University and her second LL.M and J.S.D (Doctorate of the Science of Law) from University of California, Berkeley School of Law.  She is admitted to the Bar of People’s Republic of China and the California Bar of the United States.