Despite being one of China’s wealthier coastal provinces, Fujian has a relatively lagging legal market. Liu Zhen explores the Western Strait Economic Zone to gauge if lawyers there can make a breakthrough from the self-enclosed regional culture,…
In August, two highly publicised events – a Chinese court ruling and the conclusion of a price- fixing investigation conducted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission – have underscored China’s hardening stance against anti-competitive…
Financial vehicles based in offshore locations have long been attracting Asian clients with their innovative means to manage business and wealth. They are available in an array of legal structures suited in varying degrees to different businesses…
As one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has made it its mission to improve diversity and inclusion, or D&I, across the firm and Japan’s legal industry. ALB talks to Mari Itoh, a partner at AMT and a founding member of the firm’s D&I committee, about AMT’s D&I initiatives, goals, and challenges.
ALB Asia's Fastest Growing Firms: One Asia Lawyers Group
One Asia Lawyers Group has been recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s fastest-growing firms this year. In this interview with ALB, OAL Managing Partner Tetsuo Kurita shares some of his firm's growth highlights and development strategies.
Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards: Hear From Our Partners
After two years of virtual events, the Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022 made an epic in-person comeback on Sept. 9, bringing around 200 legal professionals and leaders together for the prestigious celebration held concurrently at the Island Shangri-La and the Ritz-Carlton, and connected via livestream.
Before the event, ALB chatted with our event partners to hear their tho…