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 with more big domestic firms being set up and multinationals launching their China operations. Much of their work was in Beijing, the first location for expansion for many of those companies. Liu Jinrong, Global Law Office’s managing partner, spoke with Asian Legal Business about how the long-established firm stays competitive in the fast-changing China market.

Apart from assisting members in connecting with their peers across jurisdictions, law firm networks are also helping them upgrade their skills and preparing them for a fast-evolving international business environment.

China’s new Anti-unfair Competition Law, the first revision to the law in 24 years, is set to drastically change the business landscape in the country. Experts talk about the likely impact it will have.

Competition for China’s top talent is on the rise as law firms, corporations jostle for the country’s best lawyers

As China’s live streaming industry booms, it also gives rise to a number of legal and regulatory issues that lawyer are helping to resolve.

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.

For long a hub for legal work thanks to its pioneering role in China’s reform and opening-up process, Guangdong Province has lost some of its sheen as businesses begin to gravitate towards the more traditional centres of Beijing and Shanghai. Law firms in the province now need to rethink their strategies as a result.

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.

Since 1992, Tian Yuan Law Firm has been dedicated to fostering its culture, aiming to grow into an elite law firm with a decidedly low-key style. ALB’s Pearl Liu interviewed managing partner Zhu Xiaohui to discuss Tian Yuan’s unique corporate culture and development initiatives and its strategy in retaining talent.

As the global Islamic finance market grows at an impressive pace, offshore centres (OFCs) are increasingly in demand to help structure sharia-compliant products. Unsurprisingly, offshore law firms are seeing a need for Islamic finance-related services grow as well.