About Us2023-06-23T12:37:46+00:00

Established in 2008 in Hong Kong, our clients have benefited from unrivalled industry insight and knowledge of brand management.

Global Trademark Licensing delivers a unique, specialist approach to brand licensing, through a range of fully integrated services, including:

  • Brand
    Representation

  • Manufacturer
    Representation

  • Market
    Consultancy

  • Approvals
    Management

  • Royalty
    Audit

  • Trademark
    Protection

More about our services

Our professional team has over 140  years of combined brand licensing experience across all major categories.

We build strong brand awareness and extended brand experiences through strategic & creative brand licensing.

We help our clients to extend their brands and drive incremental revenues whilst protecting their most valuable asset their trademarks.

GTL’s global team of professionals are located in 7 cities around the world.

Our History

A timeline of some of our key milestones:

2008

Established in Hong Kong, representing toy manufacturers and helping them to acquire western brand licenses

2009

Began co-operation with Mercedes-Benz

2011

Exhibited at the “Hong Kong licensing show”

2012

Exhibited at Nuremberg Toy Fair

2012

Opened office in Shantou, China

2014

Ranked in the top 25 of licensing agents for the first time / Number 1 in Asia (licensing.org)

2015

Opened European HQ in the UK

2015

Exhibited at LIMA Licensing Expo in Las Vegas

2015

Became Maserati’s full service licensing agency

2015

Became Jaguar Land Rover’s licensing agency

2016

Ranked 19th of licensing agents worldwide /

Still number 1 in Asia (licensing.org)

2016

GTL’s porfolio of brands now extends to 20+ brands

2016

Exhibited at the Shanghai Toy Fair

2017

GTL appointed by Formula 1 manufacturer McLaren Racing as full service licensing agency for toys and collectibles

2018

Began cooperation with Beanstalk in Asia

2018

Opened Southeast Asia office in Singapore

2019

Appointed by British sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars as full service licensing agency for all categories

2020

Ranked 15th of licensing agents worldwide

Number 1 in Asia (licenseglobal.com)

2021

Announced as full service Global Licensing Agency by London Electric Vehicle Company

2021

Became Global Licensing Agency for Scania AB

2022

Signed collaboration agreement with Retail Monster LLC to represent Carroll Shelby in Asia

2023

Appointed by Lambretta as Global Licensing Agency

2023

Became Global Licensing Agency for The Estate of James Hunt

2023

Appointed by Formula E for representation in the toys and collectibles categories

2023

Entered into a collaboration agreement with Golden Goose to represent Gulf Oil International in the toys and collectibles categories

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