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FEATURE: Private equity: rise of RMB funds
By Jessica Seah
| Thursday, 26 August 2010
While global PE investors rush to set up their RMB funds, lawyers are also seeing their private equity expertise migrate from advising offshore funds to domestic funds. How fast have lawyers caught onto their PE game and how determined are they to make it a purely Chinese affair? ALB investigates
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Feature: Competition goes global
By Yun Zhang
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Being at the forefront of a country's developing anti-trust regime and working closely with clients and regulators during this evolution is regarded by many competition lawyers as a fascinating part of their work
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INTERVIEW: DBS Shanghai: Bank on local knowledge
By Jessica Seah
| Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Many in-house counsels speak of longevity with their employers - but few can assert that they have truly evolved with their companies' business agendas. Janet Lin, legal manager of DBS China, is one such accomplished in-house counsel
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FEATURE: Continental drift
By Alice Yan,Yun Zhang
| Wednesday, 11 August 2010
European law firms are often overlooked in the legal market, having entered the region late and being still relatively small in size. Yet their growth strategies in the past few years, either through acquisitions or alliance building, mean they now warrant growing attention
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FEATURE: The IPO rally
By Jessica Seah
| Wednesday, 11 August 2010
China has become Hong Kong's greatest competitor for the lucrative market IPO. Will domestic boards take the lead this year?
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Tort Liability Law – A contentious goldmine
By Jessica Seah
| Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The past few years saw a significant increase in the number of tort-related cases. As the new Tort Liability Law becomes effective on 1 July 2010, lawyers are expecting another surge
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FEATURE: US firms in China
By Jessica Seah
| Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The recent US/China Economic Dialogue discussions held between the two countries further cements their powerful business and bilateral relations. ALB examines the new playing field for 21st century deals.
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GCL-Poly in-house legal department: Powerful advice
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By Yun Zhang
| Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Through a series of landmark transactions in recent years GCL-Poly has become one of the largest players in the world’s solar power. ALB China finds out how the in-house legal function has transformed into a value-adding part of the business during the process.
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CEPA: a gate in the Great Wall yet to open
By Yun Zhang
| Friday, 19 March 2010
CEPA shows that the government is serious about opening its legal market to Hong Kong firms, but the liberalisation progress has been regarded as 'too slow and too little' by many. ALB China investigates whether better alternatives exist and if the CEPA framework for the legal sector is now redundant
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Construction: building global success
By Yun Zhang
| Thursday, 11 March 2010
Chinese construction companies are making remarkable inroads into the international market and paying more attention to legal risk management, and their law firms have also seen their construction practices flourishing, with legal teams growing and billable hours soaring.
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ALB China 2010 Chinese New Year Messages
By ALB
| Thursday, 11 February 2010
The Year of the Tiger begins, bringing promises of prosperous opportunities . ALB China ushers in the New Year by inviting legal professionals to share their wishful thinking for the New Year.
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China’s IPO boom: no flash in the pan
By Jade Ng
| Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Last year saw an IPO boom led by Chinese companies seeking listings in both the mainland and Hong Kong. China’s law firms expect plenty more of the same for 2010.
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Innovative China creates new IP wave
By Jade Ng
| Tuesday, 2 February 2010
China is emerging as a real IP player on the world stage and IP lawyers are happily marching towards a bright, and busy, future.
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创新中国创造新IP业务浪潮
By ALB
| Tuesday, 2 February 2010
中国知识产权保护的执法程度曾经一度被局限在打击和销毁低成本生产的假冒伪劣商品范围内。
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FEATURE: Private equity: growth accelerator
By Yun Zhang
| Thursday, 3 December 2009
While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.
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TMT: A Brave New World
By Jade Ng
| Wednesday, 2 December 2009
China is hurtling along the path of technological advancement and investors are facing a whole new world of opportunity and growth
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