BOE’s tailored training and rich activities
LEGAL TEAM: Legal knowledge management & training department of BOE Technology Group
TEAM LEADER: Wang Ping, legal director
KEY POINTS: BOE regularly conducts training and team-building activities for its legal department, offering specialised training programmes tailored to in-house counsel at different levels of experience.
For instance, training camps for junior counsel focus on enhancing legal skills; advanced courses for key legal staff aim to address business challenges; and workshops for senior professionals are designed to foster forward-thinking.
Beyond training, the team also organises regular team-building activities such as baseball, skiing and hiking.
WINNER REMARKS: BOE Technology Group’s legal knowledge management and training department is dedicated to building a legal talent development system and enhancing the professional and managerial skills of legal staff. It adheres to the philosophy of “fusing law and business to shape talents, driving innovation to create value”.
The department has established a legal talent training system that offers stage-specific, targeted training courses for colleagues at different growth stages, meeting their learning needs and providing strong support for career development. In addition to professional training, it regularly arranges a variety of team-building activities, where colleagues can get relief from work pressure, interact and support each other in a relaxed and natural manner, greatly boosting team morale and vitality, and enhancing team cohesion and centripetal force.
Nestlé China’s company-wide event on World IP Day
LEGAL TEAM: IP team of the legal department of Nestlé (China)
TEAM LEADER: Dennis Wu, head of intellectual property
KEY POINTS: On World Intellectual Property Day in 2024, Nestlé China’s IP team organised a company-wide team-building occasion. During the event, the team reviewed past successful anti-counterfeiting cases and hosted interactive activities such as “genuine versus counterfeit” product comparisons and IP knowledge quizzes.
This event not only enhanced the influence of the legal team within the company, but also improved overall IP awareness across the organisation.
Sina legal team celebrates overseas dispute victory
LEGAL TEAM: Legal department of Sina Group
TEAM LEADER: Helen Gu, general counsel
KEY POINTS: In 2022, after achieving victory in a significant overseas litigation, Sina Group’s legal department held a celebration banquet. The event featured a commemorative video of the case work, customised letters of thanks for colleagues involved in the case, and specially made memorabilia related to the case. The contributions of each participant were specifically recognised and highlighted.
The celebrated case began in 2016, when Dutch company GeoSolutions initiated arbitration against a Chinese legal entity and Sina Hong Kong at the Netherlands Arbitration Institute. The tribunal ruled the Chinese entity and Sina Hong Kong were jointly liable for compensation. Subsequently, Sina filed an application with the Amsterdam Court of Appeal to annul the arbitration award, arguing that it had signed a licensing agreement containing the arbitration clause solely in its capacity as a shareholder of the Chinese entity, not as a contracting party.
Ultimately, the court upheld Sina Hong Kong’s claim. In this case, the use of the term “both parties” in the arbitration clause was pivotal, as it excluded the possibility of applying the clause to a third party.
WINNER REMARKS: Sina Corporation is a leading online media and entertainment company, with a legal department serving the headquarters, local offices and subsidiaries. Under the leadership of Helen Gu, the department renders all-around legal services for Sina, such as investments and M&A, dispute resolution and compliance. In the past year, its specialised counsel teams had some extraordinary achievements. Its litigation team accumulated nearly RMB20 billion (USD2.7 billion) in rights protection income. Its internet and e-commerce team completed an e-commerce compliance system specific to the company’s business model. Its media, entertainment and sports team has promoted corporate data governance, and has built a personal information impact assessment system process.
