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We are pleased to announce that research for the 2019 ALB China IP Rankings is now underway.

Beijing-headquartered DeHeng Law Offices has opened a new office in the city of Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province. The firm now has 30 branches nationwide and more than 160 overseas branches and partnership firms, with the headcounts of more than 2800 people in total.

The collapse in China of a complex web of debt guarantees involving several private firms highlights risks in its financial system and opens up a potentially hazardous front for an economy in the grip of its slowest growth in nearly three decades.

At BEA Union Investment in Hong Kong, Pheona Tsang is getting creative. The head of fixed income is planning to fill 10 percent of a yuan-focused portfolio this year with U.S. dollar bonds,sold by Chinese companies outside of the mainland market.

China has set up its second and third specialized bankruptcy courts in Beijing and Shanghai after establishing the first one in Shenzhen on Jan 14.

Rimon Law, an “alternative” law firm that operates on a decentralized, distributed model, has set up its first presence in China in the southern city of Shenzhen.

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government have signed a judicial assistance arrangement, the sixth since 1997.

Beijing-headquartered Anli Partners has opened an office in Shenzhen office, its first in the Greater Bay Area, and its fifth office nationwide. The firm is also planning offices in branches in other cities like Nanjing.

Shanghai-headquartered Hui Ye Law Firm has opened two new offices in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province and Changsha in Hunan. The firm now has 17 offices in total.