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Building compliance culture, Du Jin
In-house Insights

Building compliance culture

Du Jin, general counsel and assistant president at Shenzhen-listed Hytera Communications, offers some insights
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Are you available?
In-house Insights

Are you available?

Under China’s new data regulatory framework, how should companies use publicly available personal information in a compliant manner?
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Vantage Point

Moving on up

Mariel Dimsey tells us about her new role and plans to enhance the city’s reputation as a leading dispute resolution hub
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Rebuilding the faith, Michael Zhang
In-house Insights

Rebuilding the faith

Compliance chief plots your survival in property sector
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Counting blessingsvideo
Features

Counting blessings

We reveal revenues and expansion plans of leading law firms in our annual survey
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Eyes forward
Cover story

Eyes forward

The leaders of international and domestic firms in China have their eyes firmly on the prizes of the future
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Market watch

China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2022

We reveal the regional winners of China Business Law Awards 2022
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Vantage Point

Steering the ESG shift

ACC survey affirms that GCs are taking on a more proactive role in the ESG evolution
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Within the epicentre
In-house Insights

Within the epicentre

China’s legal teams demonstrate indispensable value
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Bright future
In focus

Bright future

Why the new Futures and Derivatives Law is a boost for China towards aligning with international practice?
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Four seas

Trade route revival

China explores resource investments in Central Asia and the Greater Middle East
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Cover story

Markets of choice

Chinese companies are finding both challenges and opportunities amid shakeups in capital markets at home and abroad
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Matching the pieces, Nancy Wei
In-house Insights

Matching the pieces

Tupperware legal director breaks down effective liaison with lawyers
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Watching the watchers
Cover story

Watching the watchers

Tough registration system has capital market gatekeepers under microscope
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InHouse-skills-Lvideo
Insight Palette

In-house specialty

Outstanding in-house counsels' skills for being top
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Ethics for AIvideo
In focus

Ethics for AI

Cloudwalk CLO gives his insights into status of AI ethics
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Market watch

China Business Law Awards 2022

China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year
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Insight Palette

What does it take to be a top lawyer?

We asked some of our elite A-list lawyers to provide us with keywords that others might use to rise to the top of their game
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Market watch

In-house Counsel Awards revealed

After months of intensive market surveys and research, China Business Law Journal's editorial team unveils our In-house Counsel Award winners
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The art of bridge-building
In-house Insights

The art of bridge-building

Huarui Bank's counsel reveals how to work with external lawyers
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Towards the light
Cover story

Towards the light

Easing of regulations on offshore listing brings hope for an end to a long-running Sino-US dispute
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Next-gen IP protection
In focus

Next-gen IP protection

Law firm views on IP and data protection in a tech-centric era
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Step-up-your-legal-game-L
In-house Insights

Step up your legal game

Top GC reveals how to successfully apply project management
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Unchartered frontiers
In focus

Unchartered frontiers

Blockchain platform founder analyses NFT realities in China
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When-worlds-collide
Cover story

When worlds collide

By Edward Chin
Will efforts to recognise and enforce foreign judgments in China overcome the clashes of the past?
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Cover story

Constant calibration

Top corporate legal minds explain how they are assessing and adjusting their annual development strategies in these uncertain times
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DAOism: a new kind of faith
In focus

DAOism: a new kind of faith

By Andrew Godwin
Decentralised autonomous organisations: Are we AI-aware?
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Rising-Stars-L-v15
Market watch

Rising Stars 2022

80 young elite lawyers for China market
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Needs of the many
In focus

Needs of the many

What will common prosperity initiative mean for enterprises?
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Market watch

Hard talk

Asian in-house counsel speak their minds on law firms
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DATA CRUNCH TIME-L
In-house Insights

Data crunch time

Sina Group’s GC unpacks core issues of data compliance
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DOTY-CBLJ-2021-L2
Market watch

Deals of the year 2021

We look back at the most significant transactions and disputes of last year
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BETWEEN-ROCKS-AND-HARD-PLACES-L2
In-house Insights

Between rocks and hard places

Managing conflicting cross-border data access requests
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NFTs-and-the-IP--Conundrum-L
In focus

NFTs and the IP Conundrum

Digitally fluent GC shares NFT-related legal dilemmas
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Refining-the-rescue-力挽狂澜-L
Cover story

Refining the rescue

How far is China from completing its restructuring and insolvency regime?
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Market watch

The A-List 2021

We reveal our 200 elite lawyers from PRC and foreign law firms
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Market watch

Priced to please

By Luna Jin
Our annual billing rates survey reveals Chinese law firms’ fees
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An inconvenient moment of truth

By Vandana Chatlani
How accountable should lawyers be for our climate woes?
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Cityscape

Stepping up

By Avery Chen
Senior lawyers from local and national firms analyse service demand and competition in Guangzhou’s legal market
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Cover story

Burning ambition

By Luna Jin
Can China's desire to be a truly global dispute resolution centre be realised?
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In-house Insights

Creative defences

Legal director of Huayi Brothers shares IP protection tips under new law
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CBLJ September 2021

Putting zip in your Zoom

By John Miers
Need to spice up your Zoom? Communications expert John Miers shares tips and tricks for effective online presentations
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In focus

Finding the finance

ABS market seeks alternative financing avenues
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In focus

New frontiers

As Chinese financial markets become more sophisticated, companies are eyeing new possibilities to unlock value
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Four seas

Past the pit stop

Challenges to overcome in reinvigorating China’s outbound investment
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Chen-Yan-陈岩-贝壳-Ke-Holdings-digit-2
Cover story

Sea change

Regulatory wave heightens personal data compliance requirements for internet platforms
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ICC-Court-president-Claudia-Salomonvideo
Four seas

ICC clearly

ICC Court’s new president Claudia Salomon discusses her role and the future landscape of dispute resolution in Asia
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闻风而动-TESTING-THE-WIND
Market watch

Testing the wind

Law firms stress the importance of compliance and risk management for reshaping business
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升腾跌宕-UPS&DOWNS
Features

Ups & downs

Our annual legal market survey takes financial snapshot of Chinese law firms
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ACC's global survey maps the changing roles of in-house counsel ACC全球调研：首席法务官和法务部门在公司架构中的角色变化趋势
Vantage Point

By the numbers

ACC's global survey maps the changing roles of in-house counsel
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Compliance-anxiety-合规焦虑
In-house Insights

Compliance anxiety

In-house leaders reveal how to keep up with tectonic regulatory shifts
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健稳驰行-BUCKLE-UP
Four seas

Buckle up

CRRC’s top counsel explains how to ensure overseas compliance
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芝麻开门OPENSESAME
Cover story

Open sesame

China woos world with asset management riches
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In focus

Gender in justice

Women lawyers across Asia share their personal stories of success, strategy and struggle for a more inclusive legal profession
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ZHEJIANG IN A NUTSHELL, 浙江攻略
Cityscape

Zhejiang in a nutshell

Breaking into Zhejiang’s hot legal market is a tough nut to crack for national law firms as the locals hold the advantage
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Lawyering-2.0
Market watch

Lawyering 2.0

Technology adoption among established law firms has for ages been a slow ascent, but things are different in China. Legal tech companies here are leading innovation and are taking a more direct and homegrown approach than their global peers
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The taming of tech
Cover story

The taming of tech

The golden days of unfettered growth for China's homegrown tech companies could be coming to an end as regulators speed up data-oriented reforms. What are the legal pitfalls and the hefty consequences, and who will be most affected?
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GC-confidential,-法总机密
In-house Insights

GC confidential

What qualities do effective general counsel need to be assets to their companies? We asked two prominent GCs for their candia personal views on where you need to be to have your legal department working at optimum for your company and its people
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Cover story

Star struck

Through rolling reforms including the stellar success of the Star Market, mainland capital markets are soaring skyward, even as the trend of US IPOs maintains momentum. So, what is the right listing location for your company?
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Regional-Law-Firm-Awards-2021video
Market watch

China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2021

We reveal the regional winners of our China Business Law Awards
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Continual vigilance, 持续警惕
Features

Continual vigilance

Controlling legal risk goes beyond the legal department, and in-house counsel need a pragmatic approach, without letting perfection be the enemy of progress. Prominent counsel Peter Zhang offers advice from his decades of experience 
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押注-SPAC热潮,-MARKET-SPACulation
Cover story

Market SPACulation

Will Asia offer alternative forums for China’s current SPAC boom as the US loses its appetite?
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Cognex Asia team reveals anti-piracy strategies
In-house Insights

Pirate hunters

Cognex Asia in-house counsel reveal how they hunt the pirates of their high-quality software products
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China-Business-Law-Awards-Logo-2021video
Market watch

China Business Law Awards 2021

China Business Law Awards 2021: We reveal which law firms excelled with the strongest performances during the most challenging year by offering their clients sophisticated and innovative legal solutions
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In-house Insights

How to be a successful in-house counsel

In-house award winners share must-have skills for successful GCs
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Jiangsu on song, 江苏正风发video
Cityscape

Jiangsu on song

How Jiangsu province is optimising its strengths and establishing a dominant position in east China’s legal market
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TIGHT-TIMES---ANNUAL-SURVEY-OF-CHINESE-LAW-FIRM-BILLING-RATES,-精明筹算video
Cover story

Tight times

Chinese law firms reveal their fees in our exclusive billing rates survey, shedding light on how reduced corporate budgets have affected the cost of legal services
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Learning-on-the-fly,-应对有方,-Fiona-Sun
Vantage Point

Learning on the fly

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s senior counsel, Fiona Sun, shares how business aviation has become a silver lining in the hard-hit sector
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Action plan, Top inhouse counsel discuss how the pandemic has re-shaped their role, and how they are priming for the challenges that the new year will bring
Vantage Point

Action plan

Five top in-house counsel share expectations for the new year, and reveal how they helped steady their company ships during the 2020 storm
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Market watch

In-house Counsel Awards 2020

China Business Law Journal reveals the country’s leading in-house lawyers and corporate legal teams
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Solving the IP puzzle, 破译知产密码video
Features

Solving the IP puzzle

The blueprint for China’s top-down intellectual property (IP) reforms includes piecing together major judicial and legislative change, solving problems that have affected enterprises for decades. But do the changes go far enough?
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Market watch

Rising Stars 2021

CBLJ presents a list of the country’s top up-and-coming legal talent
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How-to-be-a-top-lawyer,-Top-10-habits-of-most-successful-lawyers-in-China
Insight Palette

How to be a top lawyer

Top 10 habits of most successful lawyers in China
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Pathfinder,-开拓者,-Gerard-Sandersvideo
Vantage Point

Pathfinder

Gerard Sanders moves on from his GC role at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and shares his formative work with the bank, and the past year’s challenges
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Deals-of-the-Year-2020-Smallvideo
Market watch

Deals of the year 2020

Deals of the Year: Highlighting the China-related transactions and cases that stood out in 2021. We revisit decisive moments for the legal market in the past year based on extensive editorial research
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Finding-middle-groundvideo
CBLJ Featured

Finding middle ground

Singapore Mediation Centre chief Ban Jiun Ean offers his insights
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IP profit v human loss, 保障公共健康和保护知识产权的权衡_
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IP profit v human loss

With covid-19 vaccines rolling out, the question of compulsory licensing weighs up IPR profit and protection against public health and access
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Peaking on tech, 攀峰科技
Cityscape

Peaking on tech

Southwest China’s high-tech bet draws national law firms
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China-top-lawyers-2020-200 elite lawyers from PRC and foreign law firms
Cover story

The A-List 2020

The A-List: Who are the elite lawyers being recognised by clients for China-related business?
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Forces of evolution, dispute resolution
Cover story

Force for change

Irresistible forces of change are reforming the way dispute resolution is practised, but will this be enough to change the sector in China?
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Out of the shadows, 月明星稀？
Cityscape

Out of the shadows

How are regional law firms in North China differentiating themselves from firms in the capital to secure business?
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INTA Etienne-Sanz-de-Acedo-INTA
Profile

In crisis lies opportunity

INTA's CEO shares his bold plan to revive flagship event in virtual sphere
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Chen-Jing,-Commerce-&-Finance-Law-Offices
What's the deal?

Gauging substantive similarity in software copyright disputes

By Chen Jing, Commerce & Finance Law Offices
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Hong-Kong---global-asset-management---香港政府---全球资产管理
In focus

Harbouring ambitions

Hong Kong's new limited partnership fund regime lures offshore clients
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Future-tense
Market watch

Future tense

In uncertain times, there are still plenty of opportunities for international law firms in China. The key is agility and adaptation.
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The-great-outflow----China-outbound-investment
Cover story

The great outflow?

As China's economy recovers, what are the trends with its outbound investment around the globe, and what are the hurdles ahead?
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Reviving a heartland
Market watch

Reviving a heartland

The once booming industrial and manufacturing hub of northeast China has been weathered by economic decline, but government revitalization plans are creating new opportunities for businesses. How should law firms prepare to tap the region’s full potential?
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International GCs on legal team evolutions | China Business Law Journal
Features

The long view

International General counsel shared their views with us on the changing role of in-house legal teams
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In-house counsel coping strategies for a tough year
In-house Insights

Toil and trouble

China’s economy is recovering from the pandemic ahead of the rest of the world, but in-house counsel now face an increasingly tense international political theatre and an enormous uptick in regulatory and compliance-related work.
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Market survey: How are PRC law firms performing in 2020?
Market watch

When the going gets tough

China’s legal services market is navigating a tumultuous period of change. Our annual survey looks at how firms are performing, and what strategies they have in place to see them through the storm
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China legal reform, Forward motion无畏向前 CBLJ AUG 2020
Cover story

Forward motion

Despite the trials thrown up in 2020, China has never stopped moving forward with legal reforms. Frankie Wang explores areas that have confused some companies, and seeks clarity from the experts
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privacy
In focus

Are you being watched?

Governments adopting trace-and-track apps to prevent the spread of this coronavirus have raised questions about the ‘right balance’ between crisis response and privacy considerations
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asset management
Market watch

Beyond the ‘mega’ era

What does the future hold for China’s asset management industry?
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Profile

A wealth of advice

Acclaimed financial lawyer David Liu shares his career stories
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Hong kong What are the best listing venues for homecoming Chinese stocks?
Cover story

Surfing boards

What is the best listing venue for homecoming Chinese stocks?
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stocks
What's the deal?

The homecoming

A wave of Chinese stocks is poised to exit the US and seek capital back in Shanghai or Hong Kong, following recent fraud allegations of Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee and intensifying political tensions
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supply chain
Features

Over the peak?

Businesses restarting after the worst of the pandemic face supply-related legal headaches. How should in-house counsel manage these and other risks?
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medical
In focus

New challenges of medical sourcing in China

What are the risks for global buyers sourcing medical equipment in China?
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Market watch

The point of return

If legal tools of bankruptcy are properly applied, there are chances for companies to survive and start again
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Jiang Wenluvideo
In-house Insights

Interview with Jiang Wenlu, general manager, legal department of Sinochem International

Jiang Wenlu, general manager, legal department of Sinochem International shared his insight with us on team management
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In-house Insights

Interview with Max Zhang, assistant general counsel of Becton Dickinson Medical Devices China

Max Zhang, assistant general counsel of Becton Dickinson Medical Devices China shared his insight with us on team management
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Tonell Liuvideo
In-house Insights

Interview with Tonell Liu, legal director of Suning Sports

Tonell Liu, legal director of Suning Sports shares his insight with us on team management
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In-house Insights

Wisdom in management

Six GCs from different industries shared their insights with us on team management, and gave their take on the impact of the pandemic on their work
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IP
Market watch

Tipping Point

Intellectual property protection faces new challenges as the world readjusts to a post-pandemic reality and its associated trade tensions
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In focus

Home and safe?

Are companies facing higher cybersecurity risks with most employees working from home?
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Chris Zhaovideo
In-house Insights

Interview with Chris Zhao, chief regional counsel for APAC of DuPont

Chris Zhao, chief regional counsel for APAC, safety and construction of DuPont shared her insight with us on team management
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Jiang Yingvideo
In-house Insights

Interview with Jiang Ying, legal director of the LEGO Group China

Jiang Ying, legal director of the LEGO Group, China shared her insight with us on team management
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Feng Xiaojuvideo
In-house Insights

Interview with Feng Xiaoju, APAC general counsel of Saint-Gobain (China)

Feng Xiaoju, Asia-Pacific general counsel of Saint-Gobain (China) Investment shared his insight with us on team management
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labour
Features

Remote controls

With the deadly COVID-19 virus forcing businesses into shutdown mode, PRC labour laws are scrambling to regulate a new norm for work conditions and payment standards.
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In-house Insights

Three big views

ere we glean the opinions of three elite GCs from different industries, who share their observations and strategies on team management and communication
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law firms
Market watch

China Business Law Awards 2020

We launched the “Golden League” award this year to reflect the market situation, and to encourage the firms on the list, and their peers, to improve their overall quality and level of service
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Features

Flight of the black swan

We ask senior in-house counsel and lawyers about the dangers, and the silver linings, that lie ahead in 2020
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Market watch

Rising stars: China’s young elite lawyers 2020

After extensive editorial research, China Business Law Journal has compiled a list of China's young elite lawyers. Charlie Wu reports
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之战
Features

A secret war

New legal regimes mean an increase in trade secret litigation in both China and the US, but what measures are needed to protect trade secrets?
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Features

10 years

A decade of covering China's legal market
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Foreign Investment
In focus

Dollars in the details?

The lack of details on the new Foreign Investment Law may present problems
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China Deals of the Year 2020
Market watch

Deals of the year 2019

CBLJ selects outstanding China-related deals and cases in 2019
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CBLJ
Features

In-depth coverage of CBLJ Forum in Shanghai

Hundreds of in-house counsel and other business leaders attend CBLJ Forum
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Market watch

The winners are…

Results of our inaugural awards for outstanding in-house counsel
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In the hot seat

Interview with Milton Cheng, Baker McKenzie’s new global chair
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