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Peer power

PEER PRESSURE is a real thing, but so is peer support. Lately, confronted with mounting compliance and regulatory pressure, seemingly non-rhythmic industry swings, and concerns in global markets, China’s in-house counsel often find comfort...
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Wintell & Co expands Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen teams

Wintell & Co’s newest office in Beijing has welcomed senior partners Ray Li and Wei Yi, while senior adviser Eding Yi has joined the firm’s Shenzhen and Shanghai branches. The latest recruitment has strengthened the...
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The A-List 2023-24: Rising Stars

Following an extensive survey of market opinion and independent editorial research, China Business Law Journal announces China’s future legal leaders.  Access the Rising Stars full list As China’s heavily battered economy gradually recovers, challenges like corporate...
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Breaking AI impasse

How do we reconcile the pressing needs for tech advancement with the time-tested rules for IP protection? Wang Sijia, director of IP and data compliance at NetEase Group, shares her views AFTER ABSORBING an unfathomable...
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China Business Law Awards 2024 – Nominate best China practices

STAGE II: External nomination (26 February to 11 March) China Business Law Journal is now conducting extensive research for the annual China Business Law Awards, which will be presented to the best Chinese and international...
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Standing tall

It was a year of increased turbulence, the likeness of a whirlpool. Surging AI investment fuelled by ChatGPT’s soaring popularity, the US Federal Reserve interest rates hikes, and the escalating Palestinian-Israeli conflict reverberated through...
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Chance Bridge Partners expands teams in Shanghai and Shenzhen

Chance Bridge Partners bolstered its teams in Shanghai and Shenzhen with the addition of new partners in January. In Shanghai, the firm welcomed Jason Wu, Hou Nini and Wilson Tang, while Luo Siwei joined the...
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The A-List 2023-24: Growth Drivers

Following an extensive survey of market opinion and independent editorial research, China Business Law Journal announces the Growth Drivers in China’s legal market. Pan Xinyi reports ACCESS THE A-LIST 2023-24: GROWTH DRIVERS Due to the dual...
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Stephenson Harwood Hong Kong office welcomes two partners

Dorothy Siron, former co-managing partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm’s Hong Kong office, and Danny Kan, the former overseas chief counsel at Ping An Insurance, has joined Stephenson Harwood in the city as partners. Siron...
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Reassess your chess

Of the many perks of covering China’s legal sphere, witnessing its enduring vigour from a front row seat remains our favourite. This is especially evident as the country steps up its legal reforms, and...
Global Law’s Beijing new partners

Addition of partners expands Global Law’s Beijing services

Global Law Office has added partners, Jia Yong, Yao Ping and Lilian Li to strengthen its Beijing headquarters. Jia specialises in PE, investment funds, asset management, and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on the...
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2024 CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards nominations

China Business Law Journal is conducting extensive research for the 2024 CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards. We would be most grateful if you would take a few moments to nominate any China-focused general counsel and/or...
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The A-List 2023-24: Visionaries

After collecting a wide range of market feedback, the editorial team of China Business Law Journal announces The Visionaries in China’s legal market. Winny Zhang reports. Access The A-List 2023-24: The Visionaries While the world has...
Fu Duan joins Haiwen & Partners

Haiwen adds Alibaba’s senior counsel Fu Duan

Cross-border M&A specialist Fu Duan has joined Haiwen & Partners and will be based in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices. Fu, previously a senior legal counsel at Alibaba Group and general counsel at Alibaba...

Moving with purpose

What do stellar young lawyers talk about when they consider their career developments?  Pan Xinyi reports A professional career, much like running a marathon, places equal emphasis on the right strategy and unrelenting effort. During...

The corporate straight and narrow

Proper governance is a milestone on corporate China’s road to modernised management. Its practical significance – and classic governance missteps – are broken down by vice chairman of Juneyao Medical, Hang Dongxia AS CHINA NAVIGATES its...
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Goodwin reinforces debt finance with new hire

Goodwin has added a new partner, Stephen Howard, to strengthen its debt finance practice across Asia. Howard specialises in advising private equity sponsors, corporates, asset managers, alternative finance and banks on capital structures and financing...
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Zhonglun W&D welcomes two partners to boost services

Zhonglun W&D Law Firm has added Chen Xirong and Shaw Liu as partners boosting several practice areas including financing, investments, capital markets and dispute resolution. Chen specialises in financial management, distressed asset investment and liquidation,...
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Silkroad, Anchorite & Sage adds partner in new Shanghai office

Silkroad, Anchorite & Sage Law Firm has expanded its mainland presence by opening a Shanghai office and adding new partner Lucca Li, who will boost the banking and finance business. Partner Kevin Yuan – who...
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China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2023

The timeless saying, “dance with shackles on”, neatly epitomises the essence of 2022. It was a year that put the resilience and adaptability of the nation’s businesses to the ultimate test. Confronting a multitude...
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KWM grows dispute resolution and IP teams with two partners

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has strengthened its dispute resolution and intellectual property capabilities with the addition of partner Chen Siyi and senior consultant Dai Qin. Chen brings extensive expertise in cross-border litigation and arbitration,...
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Riding out the storm

Having reached and crossed the halfway point of the year, we are forced to admit that the post-pandemic global economic recovery is not all it was cracked up to be, held back by, among...
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Legal AI’d

Artificial intelligence will inevitably transform legal practice, but it may take time to realise its full potential. Enormous benefits and dangerous pitfalls await the tentative legal user, and careful regulation is also required, writes...
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Smart moves

With China’s post-pandemic recovery efforts not materialising as expected, businesses find themselves besieged on multiple fronts. Chinese and international law firms offer alerts and tips for navigating this challenging landscape. Luna Jin reports THE HOLY...
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The X factor

Expertise, experience, reputation and communication skills are among the top indicators when engaging law firms, according to China’s in-house counsel – with price quickly climbing the ladder of priority. Kevin Cheng reports Nobody enjoys going...
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Vote now for China’s elite lawyers

Vote now for China’s elite lawyers China Business Law Journal is seeking nominations from senior business managers, in-house counsel and other legal professionals to identify the elite private practice lawyers in mainland China and Hong...

Broadening your counsel

As businesses expand across borders, general counsel share the journey and confront myriad legal tests. Those with experience say the power they bring to their companies is enhanced by interchanges of knowledge with peers....
China Business Law Journal

Onward and upward

Let’s face it, we have long since passed the tipping point where we ponder whether to adopt technology in daily legal practice; the real question is “how extensively?”. As artificial intelligence (AI) use permeates...
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The future is?

What apps, software and websites are proving indispensable for China’s lawyers and in-house counsel? And how will legaltech reshape the landscape with AI now joining the race? Kevin Cheng reports “If a craftsman is to...
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CIMB legal head Nicholas Chua moves to Dentons Hong Kong

Dentons Hong Kong has strengthened its finance practice in the city with the addition of local banking industry veteran Nicholas Chua, who joins from CIMB Bank. Chua started his career in 2005 at Dutch bank...
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Don’t settle, be nimble

During the recent International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting held in Singapore, we spoke with Jomarie Fredericks, the 2023 INTA president, about future INTA events, her goals during her one-year tenure, and how she...
Hylands enhances data compliance

Hylands enhances data compliance, IP businesses in Shanghai

Hylands Law Firm has hired Dong Hao and Zhao Xu as partners to strengthen the data compliance and IP capabilities of its Shanghai office. Dong, who was a partner at FuJae Partners, specialises in data...
China Business Law Journal

The road ahead

When the world is on a careering vehicle of economic and political caprice, would you prefer to be the driver or passenger? Being in the driver’s seat requires intelligence, perspective, experience and determination. In...
ChatGPT role in the legal profession

ChatGPT and legal

With the rage that it has quickly become, what can we learn about ChatGPT and the legal profession? CoinDCX in-house counsel Shalini Saxena takes a look down the rabbithole Artificial intelligence tools cannot yet replace...
Best Law Firms in China 2023

China Business Law Awards 2023

China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022 The trajectory of China’s economic growth followed a clear V-shaped path for the past year – a harsh descent followed by a rebound....
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When innovation disrupts

Despite concerns over geopolitical tensions and shaken faith in a shared financial future, there is no going back from globalisation, which has come to define every aspect of our daily lives. Today, we display,...
China's ESG regulatory moves

Force of nature

Although belated, an unstoppable green investment push and an evolving regulatory framework are prompting companies in China to catch up and take action. Luna Jin reports IF YOU ARE STILL BIDING your time with environmental...
Merits & Tree hires dispute resolution trio

Trio to boost Merits & Tree’s dispute resolution, restructuring

Merits & Tree Law Offices continues its expansion strategy with the hiring of Gu Jing, Cai Guoqiang and Zhang Jianxin as partners. Gu and Cai were previously senior partner and partner, respectively, at W&H Law...
AnJie Broad adds two partners

AnJie Broad Law Firm adds two partners in Hong Kong and Shanghai

AnJie Broad Law Firm has hired partners Kevin Tsen and Yolanda Zhang to strengthen its cross-border investment, and M&A and capital markets capabilities. Tsen, who will be responsible for the business of the Shenzhen and...
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In-house Counsel Awards 2023 revealed

China Business Law Journal announces our winners following an extensive market survey. Pan Xinyi reports Team Awards Individuals Awards AS GLOBAL TRADE RELATIONS continued to fluctuate in the...
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China IP case study: How Hisense protects its appliances and electronics overseas

Expanding into overseas markets is a critical choice in the transformation and growth of Chinese enterprises, and for their move up the value chain. Numerous Chinese enterprises have expended great efforts in establishing a footprint...
Reed Smith beefs up Asian regulatory team

Reed Smith beefs up Asian regulatory team with Hong Kong hire

Reed Smith enlarged its Asian regulatory team with the hiring of Hong Kong-based partner Jill Wong. Wong previously served as a partner at Howse Williams, where she focused on banking and securities regulatory and compliance...
China Business Law Journal

Feet on the path, eyes on the horizon

Past experience has taught us the hard way that grounding a business is key in navigating challenges and succeeding in the long term, especially so when China is getting back on its feet. Companies are...
Top client turn-offs

The hit list

Have you ever wondered why your clients prefer your law firm over others? Or perhaps what they particularly dislike about your own legal services? Our survey gauges the opinions of in-house counsel around the...

Calculated Risks

The critical task of risk assessments is being done by both in-house counsel and external lawyers,  yet few do it with great facility, as the to-do lists may go beyond the literal job description....
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Calm resilience

Years of market disruption and uncertainty have left China's business warier but wiser. Anticipating a year of revival and growth, in-house legal heads prioritise sustainability of the future over a speedy compensation for the...
DOCVIT expands Haikou team

DOCVIT expands Haikou team to strengthen investment, M&A

DOCVIT Law Firm hires Wu Xinwu as a Haikou-based partner to boost its investment, financing and M&A business. With 25 years of experience as a lawyer, Wu, who practised at Kejie Associates and the San Francisco office...

Rising Stars 2023

When helping clients navigate a complex legal landscape, young elite lawyers have brought fresh ideas and innovative approaches to the table. After unprecedented market feedback, China Business Law Journal presents this year’s young elite...
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Best-laid plans

Janet Hui, the new co-chair of the International Bar Association’s antitrust section, talks to Winny Zhang about her ambition to broaden the horizons for Chinese lawyers in the competition arena, and her unusual career...
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On the money

As part of our annual exploration of billing rates, we decided to begin analysing specific sectors for an insight into how fee practices vary. In this report, Luna Jin takes a close look at...
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Switching up the winning formula

We have been reminded all too often in recent years that prosperity cannot be taken at face value, nor for granted, and nothing is truly “too big to fail”. Just because an engine has...
Taking the plunge

Taking the plunge

Disruption brought by global uncertainty has pervaded the dynamics of the legal workforce, with lawyers across Asia rethinking a career outside the same old fish bowl. Freny Patel dives into the reasons behind this...

Please nominate the best China legal practices

China Business Law Journal is now conducting extensive research for the annual China Business Law Awards, which will be presented to the best Chinese and international law firms for the China market. The second...
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The A-List 2022

The market has spoken. After thorough editorial survey and research, China Business Law Journal presents the elite lawyers in China’s legal market. Kevin Cheng reports Access The A-List 2022 It has been an unusual year in...
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Record RMB32.4m over Douyin copyright breach points to trend

A lawyer believes courts will award higher compensation following the record RMB32.4 million (USD4.6 million) China’s version of TikTok must pay for contributory copyright infringement of Tencent Video’s popular TV show, The Worm Valley. On...
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Keymasters

As the world acknowledges the real threat of global recession, where and how a company should invest has never been more challenging. General counsel hold the keys to unlocking opportunity, and more than ever...
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Success begins at home

Today, businesses are working to provide engaging and more personalised products in local markets to unlock growth momentum. To better assist the process, we are excited to present the China Business Law Awards (Regional) 2022 as...
Building compliance culture, Du Jin

Building compliance culture

Anti-bribery, anti-fraud and export control are key issues for multinational companies developing their compliance systems. Du Jin, general counsel and assistant president at Shenzhen-listed Hytera Communications, offers some insights INDEPENDENT R&D and compliance management are...

Former Rui Bai corporate partner joins Reed Smith in Beijing

Barbara Li, former head of corporate at Rui Bai Law Firm, joined Reed Smith as a partner in its global corporate group and Beijing office. Li has nearly 30 years of experience in the data,...
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Moving with the markets

Timing your market moves is notoriously difficult, but taking the time to track the market will bring its rewards by helping better inform decision-making and futureproof your business. This issue, in time for our mid-year...
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Counting blessings

China’s leading law firms are beginning to see an acceleration in revenue growth, but new strategies are required for a transforming domestic economy. China Business Law Journal conducted its annual legal market survey for...
Eyes forward

Eyes forward

Surrounded by seemingly unending external challenges, managers of domestic and international practices in the country are determined to focus beyond past limitations with a view to the prizes the future may bring. Luna Jin...
AnJie & Broad adds three partners to boost Shanghai practices, Helen Jiang, Zhuang Yuxin, Yi Zhixin

AnJie & Broad adds three partners to boost Shanghai practices

Helen Jiang, Zhuang Yuxin and Yi Zhixin have joined AnJie & Broad Law Firm as Shanghai-based partners in its investment, real estate and IP practices. Jiang, who had practised at Tahota Law Firm, Norton Rose...
Merits & Tree hires six partners to strengthen Bejing and Shenzhen offices, Ren Gulong, Huang Guangde, Gao Songsong, Wang Wenchao, Diao Shengyan, Wang Tingru

Merits & Tree hires six partners to strengthen Bejing and Shenzhen offices

Merits & Tree Law Offices has appointed Wang Tingru, Diao Shengyan and Ren Gulong as Beijing-based partners, while Wang Wenchao, Huang Guangde and Gao Songsong were hired as Shenzhen-based partners. Wang Tingru, who was previously...

China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2022

In the 2000s, Chinese law firms entered the era of scaling layout. Facing the onslaught of large law firms, many local firms followed the trend of the times, taking the opportunity to join big...

Steering the ESG shift

For general counsel, embracing responsible governance may not be easy, but it is the right thing to do, writes Mike Madden, global board chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel INVESTOR FOCUS on environmental, social...
Within the epicentre

Within the epicentre

In the face of overwhelming macroeconomic complications, China’s in-house counsel, at the very heart of the problems, are finding their expertise and services immensely valued. Kevin Cheng reports Entering the second half of 2022, businesses...
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Wheels keep turning

Having reached the midpoint of the year (at an almost uncanny pace), we habitually look back and then forward at both past achievements and future aspirations. Between the recurrent pandemic outbreaks, inflationary pressures and...
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Trade route revival

A changing global geopolitical environment and China’s ambitious investment strategies are bringing resource-rich countries of Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa closer to Beijing China’s rise as a global investor has had a...
Matching the pieces, Nancy Wei

Matching the pieces

How to identify and collaborate well with external counsel that best fit the company’s needs is a persistent puzzle for in-house counsel. Nancy Wei, legal director at Tupperware (China), and formerly placed at Mayer...
KE overcomes hurdles to pave new route back to Hong Kong

KE overcomes hurdles to list back in HK

Chinese property platform KE overcame significant hurdles to complete a dual-primary listing via introduction on the HKEX with weighted voting rights (WVR) in the first such so-called “homecoming” debut in Hong Kong. Unlike IPOs and...
JunHe expands Beijing and Chengdu offices

JunHe expands Beijing and Chengdu offices

Han Zhen, Lin Zhijun and Kou Chunyan have joined JunHe to strengthen the firm’s restructuring and M&A, capital markets and environmental law practices. Han, who is now based in the Beijing office, has advised on...
Hylands BJ headquarters appoints five partners

Hylands BJ headquarters appoints five partners

Hylands has appointed Tian Dapeng, Yin Yue, Cai Yuee, Lu Bing and Wang Yuan as partners at the firm’s Beijing headquarters. Tian, who was a partner at DHH Law Firm, specialises in banking and finance,...
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Changing the strings

Players of any string instrument will tell you that strings must be changed regularly, even when there is no noticeable depreciation in the sound quality. The same principle applies to market operation. A shift...
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In-house specialty

When speaking to legal professionals, we often hear of a certain partner at a law firm experiencing an unexpectedly difficult transitional period after becoming a corporate’s in-house counsel, even though the roles are assumed...
Lis biomedical IP team moves to Lifang, Wu Li

Wu’s biomedical IP team moves to Lifang

Biomedical expert Wu Li has joined Lifang & Partners, bringing four colleagues with him to the firm. Wu, who was a partner of AnJie & BB Law Firm, advises companies in the biomedicine, chemical and...
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China Business Law Awards 2022

China Business Law Awards 2021 China Business Law Awards 2020 China Business Law Awards 2019 China Business Law Awards 2017-18 China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year In the past year,...
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Greater expectations

The challenges of the pandemic may continue, and resolve continues to be tested, but in the face of adversity it is often wise to hold close greater expectations – to count blessings and look...

In-house Counsel Awards revealed

In-house Counsel Awards 2023 In-house Counsel Awards 2020 After months of intensive market surveys and research, China Business Law Journal's editorial team unveils our In-house Counsel Award winners. Kevin Cheng reports View the awards list CHINA’S...
The art of bridge-building

The art of bridge-building

The legal department is the client of external law firms, yet excelling in the delicate and important role that bridges the two is an art that requires considerable practice. Hang Dongxia, secretary to the...
China Business Law Journal

Breaking new ground

Unfathomable as it may seem, transformational changes can often be just around the next corner. Therefore, it in the legal sector is vital to keep up with how people do business, make decisions and...
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Step up your legal game

Applying management science thinking boosts a legal department’s capacity to support its business departments. Steven Cao, general counsel of Energy China Overseas Investment Division/China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment, reveals how in-house counsel can successfully...
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Buckle up

You can never be too prepared. Unpredictable as they may seem, there are always traces to follow for the disruptive events that deal businesses the hard blows. Chinese companies have in the past two years...

Constant calibration

Top corporate legal minds explain how they are assessing and adjusting their annual development strategies in these uncertain times DESPITE CONTINUING BODYBLOWS to the market due to geopolitical events and an international public health crisis, Chinese...
Forward planning with cross-border transactions: A German perspective

Forward planning with cross-border transactions: A German perspective

By Zhou Jiaolu, Dentons China
Cross-border transactions of Chinese companies, while accounting for only about 3% of the world’s cross-border transactions, have attracted global attention amid the increasingly complex international political situation, the pandemic’s impact on the economy and...
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Rising Stars 2022

Rising Stars 2023 Rising Stars 2021 Rising Stars 2020 These young elite lawyers have already impressed their clients and peers with their precise legal expertise, acute business acumen, professionalism and strong sense of ethics. But their prosperous...
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Out with the old, in with the new

While replacing the lunar calendar with a new one, flashbacks of the past year remind us to take inventory of the momentous hours where we ride out life’s real challenges. We dedicate this issue...
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Hard talk

Do you really want to find out? Our sister publication Asia Business Law Journal’s survey gets the real opinions of regional in-house counsel when it comes to legal services from law firms, and they’re...
Analysis, recommendations on China’s non-compete disputes Xie Yang

Analysis, recommendations on China’s non-compete disputes

By Xie Yang, Zhilin Law Firm
Article 23 of the Labour Contract Law stipulates that, “the employer and employee may agree in the labour contract to keep the employer’s business secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights. For...
China Business Law Journal

Forward motion

China’s economic progression is confronted with a typical synchronisation of old and new issues as a developing country, an example being the incompleteness of a basic market exit mechanism, even as the fresh impacts...
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The A-List 2021

Discover our other annual awards Award After unprecedented market feedback and extensive editorial research, China Business Law Journal presents this year’s elite lawyers in the Chinese legal market. Kevin Cheng reports Access The A-List 2021 This year...
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Priced to please

By Luna Jin
While several practice areas have been particularly active this year, Chinese law firms are actively optimising their billing arrangements to meet the rising demand for high-quality services in a legal market where fee structures...
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China Business Law Awards 2022 nomination

China Business Law Journal is conducting extensive research for our annual China Business Law Awards. The results will be announced in April. As part of this process, we are requesting nominations from in-house counsel, corporate...
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Creative defences

Film or tv production can expose mammoth amounts of financial investment and collective creative input to losses through the theft of ideas and ownership. Li Jingjue, legal director at media multinational Huayi Brothers, examines...
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2021 CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards nomination

China Business Law Journal is conducting extensive research for the 2021 CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards. We would be most grateful if you would take a few moments to nominate any China-focused general counsel and/or in-house legal teams that you feel...
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Turning the tide

Just as we were nearing the end zone of the covid ordeal, a wave of radical regulatory reforms has surged over the beachline of corporate compliance, bringing with it a flow-on of business transformations....
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ICC clearly

The new president of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration, Claudia Salomon, is the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1923. Here, she discusses her new role,...
ACC's global survey maps the changing roles of in-house counsel ACC全球调研:首席法务官和法务部门在公司架构中的角色变化趋势

By the numbers

A global survey of in-house legal teams by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) maps out the continuing evolution of chief legal officers and their corporate legal departments. ACC executives Ian Robertson and Blake...
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Compliance anxiety

A series of tectonic shifts in the international and domestic legal landscape has stressed the urgency for corporate counsel to reshape their approach to legal compliance. Kevin Cheng reports FORESIGHT IS NOT ABOUT PREDICTING the future, it’s about...
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Buckle up

With the belt and road initiative gaining momentum, a growing number of state-owned enterprises are expanding their overseas investments to align with the strategy. What are the risks and challenges, and how should an...
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Baker bolsters HK, Beijing practices

Baker McKenzie has added Victoria Lloyd, Lex Kuo and Kenneth Ching as partners in its Hong Kong office, and welcomed Zhang Li as a special counsel in Beijing. Capital markets and M&A lawyer Lloyd joined...
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Anli hires IP team to boosts Beijing office

Anli Partners has hired a team of IP lawyers from Finefields Associates plus four more lawyers, Li Ying, Hu Lijuan, Lin Minjie and Wei Peng, to its Beijing office as partners. The Finefields team of...
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Swings and roundabouts

History progresses, perhaps not in a linear but a spiral motion. While China opens up its financial market to global contenders, it is also tightening its grip on businesses as the country speeds up...
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Gender in justice

Women lawyers across Asia share their personal stories of success, strategy and struggle for a more inclusive legal profession. Putro Harnowo reports For a long time, the legal profession has been a subject to criticism...
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Lawyering 2.0

Technology adoption among established law firms has for ages been a slow ascent, but things are different in China. Legal tech companies here are leading innovation and are taking a more direct and homegrown...
The taming of tech

The taming of tech

The golden days of unfettered growth for China's homegrown tech companies could be coming to an end as regulators speed up data-oriented reforms. What are the legal pitfalls and the hefty consequences, and who...
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GC confidential

What qualities do effective general counsel need to be assets to their companies? We asked two prominent GCs for their candia personal views on where you need to be to have your legal department...
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Key points for tech companies checking anti-monopoly compliance

By Ye Han, Merits & Tree Law Offices
Since the end of 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has been focusing on the internet sector as a key area in its anti-monopoly law enforcement work, carrying out a series of...
China Business Law Journal

Pushing new frontiers

The Zhurong Mars rover successfully landed on the red planet on 14 May, etching a spot for China in the new age of space exploration as it became the second country, after the US,...
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China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2021

Following our report on the China Business Law Awards in the previous issue of China Business Law Journal, we now focus on the outstanding achievements of regional law firms in the past year. Business...
Continual vigilance, 持续警惕

Continual vigilance

Controlling legal risk goes beyond the legal department, and in-house counsel need a pragmatic approach, without letting perfection be the enemy of progress. Prominent counsel Peter Zhang offers advice from his decades of experience  Controlling...
Cognex Asia team reveals anti-piracy strategies

Pirate hunters

Protecting high-end industrial software against pirates requires strategy. Lack of precedents, in terms of investigation and enforcement, and the sly nature of infringement operations make them hard to detect. Mary Yang, head of Legal...
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China Business Law Awards 2021

China Business Law Awards 2022 China Business Law Awards 2020 China Business Law Awards 2019 China Business Law Awards 2017-18 China Business Law Journal’s editorial team reveals the law firms that shone in 2020 Let’s turn the clock back...
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What makes you tick?

What makes a successful law firm? Or a winning in-house counsel? The legal profession enlists the country’s brightest minds and, by its nature, often engages these minds in intense competition not seen in many...
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How to be a successful in-house counsel

Top seven must-have skills for the next generation of GCs “We are more like outfield playersin football than goalkeepers,” says Zhou Qi, general manager of the co-operation and legal affairs department at SAIC Motor Corporation,...
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Tight times

Chinese law firms reveal their fees in our exclusive billing rates survey, shedding light on how reduced corporate budgets have affected the cost of legal services. Luna Jin reports China’s highly competitive legal sector remains...
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Cream of the crop

The legal sector is shouldering more responsibility than ever, and only in such periods of adversity does true talent get tried and tested. Under the current dynamic global compliance environment, we are witnessing companies rebound,...
Action plan, Top inhouse counsel discuss how the pandemic has re-shaped their role, and how they are priming for the challenges that the new year will bring

Action plan

Top inhouse counsel discuss how the pandemic has re-shaped their role, and how they are priming for the challenges that the new year will bring Businesses are ploughing an uphill furrow in the Year of...
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In-house Counsel Awards 2020

In-house Counsel Awards 2023 In-house Counsel Awards 2022-21 China Business Law Journal reveals the country's leading in-house counsel and corporate legal teams. Lynn Zhang reports View the awards list The year 2020 was unlike any other,...
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Solving the IP puzzle

The blueprint for China’s top-down intellectual property (IP) reforms includes piecing together major judicial and legislative change, solving problems that have affected enterprises for decades. But do the changes go far enough? Luna Jin...

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