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ANALYSIS: Regional independence: spurning advances
By Jessica Seah
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
China’s smaller law firms, especially those leading regional firms which are profitable and have enviable client lists, are being inundated with merger proposals from larger firms in first-tier cities. Many of them, however, have spurned these advances… and for good reason.
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放弃合并机会另辟发展新径
By ALB
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
目前，国内的中小型律师事务所，尤其是业绩优异且客户资源丰富的区域型律所，正面临来自一级城市大型律所铺天盖地的合并提议。但许多这样的中小型律所，出于对律所自身发展的考虑，却断然拒绝了这样的“合并机会”。
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ANALYSIS: Forging a compliance culture
By Yun Zhang
| Tuesday, 24 August 2010
With various regulators stepping up enforcement actions and taking a firm hand with companies that fail to comply with the law, businesses are paying increasing attention to compliance issues.
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打造企业合规文化
By Yun Zhang
| Tuesday, 24 August 2010
安永近期的一份报告强调，监管及合规风险已上升为2010年全球机构面临的第一大商业风险。众多律师事务所已证实合规相关的法律服务需求正大幅增加，表明企业在中国遵守法规的重要性正日益凸显。
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采用外聘律所名录制度,寻求优质法律服务
By Yun Zhang
| Friday, 20 August 2010
对于外资跨国公司来说，除了在公司内部设立健全的法务部门之外，对于外聘律师事务所名录制度的采用已十分普遍。如今，越来越多的国内公司，特别是国有企业，也纷纷开始效仿这种模式，这预示着中国法律服务市场将迈入一个新的重要阶段。
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国际律所对本地合伙人仍具吸引力
By ALB
| Thursday, 22 July 2010
当前，国际律师纷纷回归本地律所可谓是律师界的主流发展趋势。然而，金杜前合伙人王德全及环球合伙人于淼两名律师，分别于近期加盟西盟斯和诺顿罗氏两家律所。
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ANALYSIS: ECFA good news for cross-Strait practices
By Yun Zhang
| Friday, 16 July 2010
On the first anniversary of Taiwan opening its borders to investment from the mainland, cross-Strait economic ties have been further strengthened with the signing of the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement.
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ECFA 开启两岸合作新篇章
By Yun Zhang
| Friday, 16 July 2010
两岸经济合作框架协议（ECFA）已正式在重庆签署，标志着两岸经济关系迈入一个崭新的发展阶段。两岸法律行业间的合作范围和互动深度亦将随之扩大和提高。
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ANALYSIS: Flexible RMB – a rosier future?
By Yun Zhang
| Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The legal fraternity expects the gradual appreciation of the RMB will have a modest positive impact on the legal services market, ALB reports.
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法律业界乐观对待二次"汇改"
By Yun Zhang
| Tuesday, 13 July 2010
中国人民银行上月宣布，决定进一步推进人民币汇率形成机制改革，增强汇率弹性。国内外律师事务所合伙人对二次汇改将给跨境法律服务业带来的影响表示相对乐观。
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ANALYSIS: Globalising IP strategy on top of the agenda
By Jessica Seah
| Monday, 21 June 2010
As the globalisation of domestic companies picks up pace, IP practitioners around the world have been kept busy. Local firms also are gearing up to increase their competence in international IP matters.
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知识产权战略全球化备受关注
By Jessica Seah
| Monday, 21 June 2010
企业全球化发展意味着企业保护知识产权的需求也日趋急迫。随着本地企业全球化脚步不断加快，知识产权律师的工作量正在不断加大，为各个行业和技术领域的客户提供法律服务。
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ANALYSIS: The fee gap: can international firms still charge double?
By Yun Zhang
| Thursday, 20 May 2010
While local firms are moving even closer to their international counterparts in terms of breadth and quality of service, the difference in fees between the two remains wide. ALB finds out how sustainable this is, and whether the market is on the brink of profound change in this regard.
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中外律所费率差异‘鸿沟’能否持续？
By Yun Zhang
| Thursday, 20 May 2010
即使在预算增加的情况下，广大公司以及总法律顾问面临的控制外部律师成本的压力未减反增。国内和国际律所的收费差距，加上两者在服务质量上的差距进一步缩小，使领先国内律所更容易获得客户的青睐。
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ANALYSIS: PRC partnership appraisals - time to lift the bar
By Jessica Seah
| Friday, 14 May 2010
Leaders in the legal sphere talk about how their firms only employ connoisseurs of the legal industry, but in reality many firms have given scant regard to quality-checking their partnerships by properly appraising the performance of partners regardless of their seniority.
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合伙人效绩评估 — 是时候抬高门槛了
By Jessica Seah
| Friday, 14 May 2010
合伙人效绩和法律专业水平这两个问题如今已被提上国内律所发展的重要议程。 毋庸置疑，国内律所的合伙人在招募新合伙人和律师时会采用严格标准已确录用最好的人才，但不少律所常常忽视了通过恰当地标准和方式审核现有合伙人的效绩并保证合伙人团队的平均水平。
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ANALYSIS: Going boutique: niche players expand market influence
By Jessica Seah
| Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The growth of boutique firms has been one of the main themes seen in China’s legal industry over the past 12 months. While the financial crisis presented a heavy burden for larger full-service law firms to shoulder, it proved to be a blessing in disguise for burgeoning boutique practices.
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打造专业化的精品所之路
By ALB
| Tuesday, 4 May 2010
过去12个月里，走专业化精品所的发展道路正成为中国法律行业的主旋律之一。尽管金融危机对大型综合性律所产生了某些不利影响，但对于致力于发展成专业化的专家型律所来所却成为难得的契机。
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