Jiao Jiao, head of legal e-commerce giant JD.com, speaks to ALB about her strategy for leading the department, the value her department adds to the company as a whole, and how she plans to upgrade her team.
In the first of ALB’s series on Chinese investment into Southeast Asian countries, we look at the Philippines, which recently signed a massive investment and financing package with China, with much of that money going into building infrastructure.
Founded in 1984 in Beijing, Global Law Office was the first law firm launched after China’s opening-up reforms that started six years earlier. That was a prime time for law firms and quickly attracted top-notch legal talent. Competition was fierce…
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…