The ranking of 2019 ALB China Firms to Watch is open to the firms with 10 or less partners across their mainland China offices.

In the past six months, accounting firms have begun to make their presence felt in the legal markets of Hong Kong and Singapore with a flurry of office openings and poaching of talent. And while the general feeling is that they might take away some legal work from traditional law firms, not all lawyers are nervous.

Hui Ye Law Firm has established a new office in the city of Hefei of Anhui Province, its third office opening this year after its Wuhan and Xi’an branches.

Beijing headquartered Zhonglun W&D Law Firm (ZLWD) has opened a new office in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

Kingpound Law Firm, the oldest partnership-based law firm in Guangzhou, has opened two new offices in the suburban districts of Huadu and Baiyun.

The Fan Bingbing case has shown that China is taking a hardline stance towards those trying to avoid paying their taxes.

The Ministry of Justice last year allowed Taiwanese law firms to set up offices in certain regions of the mainland. Since then, these law firms have seen a surge in work.

The Supreme Court of Singapore and Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of the People’s Republic of China have signed a Memorandum of Guidance (MOG) on the recognition and enforcement of money judgments in commercial cases.

DeHeng has established a new office in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.

JunHe has opened a new office in the western Chinese city of Chengdu.