The internationalisation of China’s legal market has seen the country’s law firms prosper both locally and abroad. Can they continue to dominate their market as other global firms move in? Alice Gartland reports
King & Wood Mallesons officially opened its doors for business on 1 March 2012, creating an 1,800 lawyer firm. The deal creates the largest law firm in Asia whose “fundamental drive” is to become a top-tier “global law firm”, says Handel Lee, senior partner and member of the management committee at the new firm.
