The beginning of the year is the ideal time to take stock of how the last 12 months have been for a legal market, key trends witnessed, and how some of the important players are doing. The State of the Market report for Singapore and Hong Kong…
As Chinese law firms find their business growing overseas, they are looking to increase their reach by joining global legal networks. And given China’s economic clout, these legal networks are beefing up efforts to find members from the country as…
With initiatives like the AEC, TPP and OBOR, and also intra-regional FTAS, the Asian region is becoming an increasingly connected place, and this in turn is generating more work for offshore law firms. Sergio Held explores
Tahota’s Principal Partner, Cheng Shoutai, shares with Li Shangjing, ALB reporter, the secret to Tahota’s breakthrough as a law firm in West China and his insights into the lawyers community in China overall.
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…