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A tale of three seats

For Marco Chung, group head of legal at CITIC Securities International, the choice for arbitration seat in China-related disputes is clear

Squaring up to circular training

Chief legal officer and senior legal counsel of Louis Dreyfus Company share practical tips on protection against circular trading risks

Counselling counsel

Weir legal director offers simple psychological tips for in-house counsel

Guard your secrets

Nuctech’s legal director decodes confidentiality agreements

GPSR: Playing it safe

AliExpress legal manager Mah Soon Sin deciphers new EU consumer product safety regulations and compliance key points for outbound businesses

From expertise to excellence

Skechers GC shares upgrade playbook for in-house counsel

DeepThink: Overseas compliance

Kenneth Zhou, head of legal and compliance AP-N at SIG Group, derives a valuable lesson on data security from DeepSeek's misfortunes in Italy

Insuring a policy for AI

How can they manage their own risks and ensure compliance amid new tech?

Embracing change

China’s in-house counsel gear up for sweeping Company Law revisions

Risky landing

Expert in-house advice on overseas energy plant investment

Breaking AI impasse

Exclusive interview with Wang Sijia, IP and data compliance director at NetEase Group, exploring the key challenges to China’s AI growth

Unleashing data

With China having established the National Data Administration, how should enterprises respond to the central government’s regulation of data?

The corporate straight and narrow

Hang Dongxia, vice chairman of Juneyao Medical, explores the key issues and classic missteps in achieving good corporate governance

Look before you leap

The GC of a large state-owned enterprise outlines how companies should assess country-specific risks during cross-border investment

Call to action

Case study: How Junzheng Logistics removed itself from US sanction list

Safety first

Dajia counsel on new risks in security provision regulation

Calculated Risks

Aaron Shao, Abbott’s Greater China legal head, unpacks the role of counsel in the critical task of risk assessment and offers advice and strategies on how to excel in this challenging job

Building compliance culture

Du Jin, general counsel and assistant president at Shenzhen-listed Hytera Communications, offers some insights

Are you available?

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

Rebuilding the faith

Compliance chief plots your survival in property sector

Matching the pieces

Tupperware legal director breaks down effective liaison with lawyers

The art of bridge-building

Huarui Bank's counsel reveals how to work with external lawyers

Step up your legal game

Top GC reveals how to successfully apply project management

Data crunch time

Sina Group’s GC unpacks core issues of data compliance

Between rocks and hard places

Managing conflicting cross-border data access requests

NFTs and the IP Conundrum

Digitally fluent GC shares NFT-related legal dilemmas

Creative defences

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

Sea change

Regulatory wave heightens personal data compliance requirements for internet platforms

Testing the wind

Law firms stress the importance of compliance and risk management for reshaping business

By the numbers

ACC's global survey maps the changing roles of in-house counsel

Compliance anxiety

In-house leaders reveal how to keep up with tectonic regulatory shifts

Buckle up

CRRC’s top counsel explains how to ensure overseas compliance

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

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 

How to be a successful in-house counsel

In-house award winners share must-have skills for successful GCs

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

In-house Counsel Awards 2020

China Business Law Journal reveals the country’s leading in-house lawyers and corporate legal teams

Pathfinder

Gerard Sanders, the AIIB's general counsel, looks back at the bank's first five years, including its innovations through covid-19, as he prepares to leave the position

In crisis lies opportunity

INTA's CEO shares his bold plan to revive flagship event in virtual sphere

Google leegle

Google's head of legal operations, technology and strategy gives exclusive insights into what she sees as the future for in-house teams

The long view

International General counsel shared their views with us on the changing role of in-house legal teams

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.

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

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

Interview with Tonell Liu, legal director of Suning Sports

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

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

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

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

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

Courting the internet

How Alibaba plays role in the establishment of Hangzhou Internet Court

A legal legacy

Exclusive interview with Chris Stephens, ADB's outgoing general counsel

Corporate voices

Opportunities and challenges facing different sectors

Legal challenges in the internet age

Talking tech with Anna Xue, the IP director at Perfect World

Crossing the divide

Su Yanan, the legal director of Chinalife Capital, talks about her in-house role

The internet IP of things

By Helen Gu, Sina Corporation

Maintaining an edge

By Grace Kwok, TINAVI Medical Technologies

Protection and compliance

By Peter Su, Tsinghua Tongfang

Nurture innovation

By Eric Xie, Golden Concord Holdings

Data driven

Talking tech with US data guru David White, director at AlixPartners

The big picture

Exclusive interview with the UN's top legal figure

Navigating abroad

Experienced corporate counsel share insights into topical outbound investment issues

ACC alliance ‘good for HKCCA members’

HKCCA president Lin Shi on its alliance with ACC

Unity in Asia?

Interview with Singapore's Chief Justice

Melding spear & shield

GC of Souyidai discusses the roles of in-house counsel

Performance artistry

Former GC shares views about the value of in-house counsel

Special brew

In-house counsel views on internal communication

The middle man

HK Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen

In-house outside the box

A new corporate counsel’s view

An open mind

HP’s general counsel shares secrets of success

MOST POPULAR

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In-house Counsel Awards 2026

Following months of market research, we have selected these outstanding in-house counsel and their teams

CORRESPONDENTS

Preparing for Hong Kong’s paperless securities regime

By Stella Yeung and Stephen Luo, Jingtian & Gongcheng

How can minority shareholders seek relief from profit hoarding?

By Jiang Xuan and Yang Yue, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Infringement risks of AIGC in entertainment industry (Part 2)

By Jiang Shen and Xu Wen, Jingtian & Gongcheng

FEATURES

China’s new environmental code

Bundled and binding

A 1,200-article code, five interlocking books, and one tighter leash on Chinese business. The clock to August 2026 is ticking

不容有瑕

No flaws allowed

While stock exchanges lower barriers to atrract emerging sector issuers, regulators focus on accountability of listco and intermediaries at the top corporate level

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In-house Counsel Awards 2026

Following months of market research, we have selected these outstanding in-house counsel and their teams

PRACTITIONERS' PERSPECTIVES

Preserving listing status against delisting red line

By Xu Zhiyuan, Tahota Law Firm
IPO to M&A Shift

IPO alternative: Public M&A route to capital markets

By Kang Xiaoyang, Kangda Law Firm
Red-chip restructuring in China

Unwinding red-chip structures

By Vincent Shen, Commerce & Finance Law Offices

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