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Full-bodied expertise with Lifang & Partners
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Lifang & Partner’s IP expertise has long been heralded in the local market, but with China’s extended efforts on imposing the importance of IP rights the firm has developed greater ambitions. With its extensive experience in IP management for clients, the firm sees an opportune moment to establish related practice areas.
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New AML price rules keep lawyers busy
| Monday, 17 January 2011
Recent amendments to the anti-pricing monopoly and rules on administrative enforcement procedures will put pressure on in-house legal teams to ensure their corporate compliance systems are exhaustive, and will challenge private-practice lawyers, according to expert in the area.
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反价格垄断规定近日出炉
| Monday, 17 January 2011
中国国家发改委近日发布了《反价格垄断规定》和《反价格垄断行政执法程序规定》。 两部规章是对《反垄断法》的细化。其中，《反价格垄断规定》对价格垄断协议、滥用市场支配地位和滥用行政权力排除限制竞争等三类价格垄断行为的表现形式和法律责任作了规定。这两部规章将于２０１１年２月１日起实施。
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中国联通发行18.39亿美元可转换债券
| Thursday, 21 October 2010
中国联合网络通信近日通过其全资子公司成功发行总额达18.39亿美元附息可转换债券。本次可转债发行是中国境内企业有史以来最大规模的国际可转债发行。
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ANALYSIS: Regional independence: spurning advances
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
China’s smaller law firms, especially those leading regional firms which are profitable and have enviable client lists, are being inundated with merger proposals from larger firms in first-tier cities. Many of them, however, have spurned these advances… and for good reason.
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放弃合并机会另辟发展新径
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
目前，国内的中小型律师事务所，尤其是业绩优异且客户资源丰富的区域型律所，正面临来自一级城市大型律所铺天盖地的合并提议。但许多这样的中小型律所，出于对律所自身发展的考虑，却断然拒绝了这样的“合并机会”。
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Leading IP firms in Greater China
| Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Over 8,000 IP lawyers from all over the world attended the132nd annual conference hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Boston recently. For a regular attendee like King & Wood patent partner Shi Yusheng, what becomes immediately noticeable is the growing number of legal representatives from Chinese firms.
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ANALYSIS: Going boutique: niche players expand market influence
| Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The growth of boutique firms has been one of the main themes seen in China’s legal industry over the past 12 months. While the financial crisis presented a heavy burden for larger full-service law firms to shoulder, it proved to be a blessing in disguise for burgeoning boutique practices.
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Full-bodied expertise with Lifang & Partners
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Lifang & Partner’s IP expertise has long been heralded in the local market, but with China’s extended efforts on imposing the importance of IP rights the firm has developed greater ambitions. With its extensive experience in IP management for clients, the firm sees an opportune moment to establish related practice areas.
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The IP hustle: Stephenson Harwood appoints key roles
| Thursday, 18 March 2010
Stephenson Harwood has sought to boost its IP capacity by appointing two new IP practitioners, Audrey Shum and Wong Ka Wai, to keep up with the evolution of they country’s new IP legislation.
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Grandall boosts IP team via merger
| Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Grandall Legal Group has gained six more IP lawyers including Zhang Xuequn and Yuan Hongli, by merging with another IP agency, Beijing Xinzheng Zhitong.
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Lifang expands Guangzhou office with local merger
| Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Lifang & Partners’ Guangzhou office has merged with local IP specialist firm Liu and Partners. Roy Liu, managing partner of the six-lawyer firm, will head Lifang’s newly expanded Guangzhou office.
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Lifang shakes up IP practice
| Thursday, 1 October 2009
Strong growth in client demand for IP legal services have intensified competition for IP talent, and the past few months have seen many firms broaden their IP expertise through lateral hires. Beijing-headquartered Lifang is the latest firm to expand its IP practice.
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Longan opens second office in the PRD
| Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Longan has steadied its footing in the Pearl River Delta region of the PRC by setting up its second Guangdong office in Guangzhou.
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ALB In-house Legal Summit Beijing 2008
| Saturday, 8 November 2008
Over 250 delegates from companies and organisations across a wide range of sectors attended ALB's Beijing in-house legal summit on 6 November, to discuss the role of legal counsel in globalizing businesses and in the current global financial turbulence.
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Guangzhou 08 广州法律市场08年度报告
| Saturday, 16 August 2008
The government's plan to transform Guangzhou into a regional
innovation and financial centre, combined with the strengthening
cooperation between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, have meant that
local firms are snapping up opportunities brought in by the city's new
stage of development.
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