Counting blessings
China’s leading law firms are beginning to see an acceleration in revenue growth, but new strategies are required for a transforming domestic economy. China Business Law Journal conducted its annual legal market survey for 2021 with 94 leading law firms to seek their views on trends of the past year. Winny Zhang reports
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Legal AI’d
Artificial intelligence will inevitably transform legal practice, but it will take time to realise its full potential. Enormous benefits, and dangerous pitfalls, await the tentative legal user. And careful regulation is also required
Eyes on the Middle East
A common vision for growth has helped the India-UAE trade relationship to scale new heights
A greater good
Law firms across Asia are putting profits aside to focus on pro bono work, community engagement, sustainability, and staff welfare
The hit list
Slow turnaround time and overpricing are the biggest turn-offs for in-house counsel in the region when dealing with their law firm counterparts, according to our survey
Crisis innovation
Small wonder that the past couple of years have spawned an exciting amount of tech-related reform in China’s courts and arbitration institutions
The business of billing
A climate of competition has kept legal fees stable as lawyers strive to provide certainty and prove their credibility
Keymasters
The June report expected global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2022 to move on a downward trajectory or remain flat at best, while signaling an increasing trend in FDI screening among developed countries
Keymasters
As the world acknowledges the real threat of global recession, where and how a company should invest has never been more challenging
Counting blessings
China Business Law Journal conducted its annual legal market survey for 2021 with 94 leading law firms to seek their views on trends of the past year
Eyes forward
The leaders of international and domestic firms in China have their eyes firmly on the prizes of the future
Condition critical
A conflict has played out before several judicial forums over the fate of Future Retail, a company in grave health with creditors and two of the world’s richest men entangled in its fate
Monkey business
India’s NSE scandal comprising a mysterious Himalayan yogi, a “group operating officer” who had never worked in the securities market, and a board that looked the other way shows that it takes only a few key individuals to tarnish even a hallowed institution
