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Following the recent developments with the COVID-19 outbreak both locally and globally, the Hong Kong government have implemented travel and quarantine restrictions to combat the rise in infections. Effective immediately, we will be splitting our staff so that at any given time half our team will be present in the office, and the other half working from home. This will conti...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed Lily Guan, Country Lead Counsel & VP ...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed our very own Heidy Zhou, Head of Chin...

The Hong Kong and mainland China legal market is rapidly changing. We are seeing even more international and Chinese law firms starting to build up and expand their local corporate businesses. At the same time however, firms are in more competition than ever with established international banks to attract overseas business from their Chinese clients whilst securing the best ...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed Fannie Fan, General Counsel Greater C...

As the government announced yesterday that they will be keeping civil servants working from home for another week and all schools will stay closed until mid-March, all of us in Hong Kong are working to navigate the challenges we face with the coronavirus situation as it continues to develop. Our top priority is always the safety of our teams across Carter Murray, Frazer Jone...

Interviews can either be an opportunity to shout about what you are good at or an anxiety filled nerve wrecking experience where everything you KNOW you KNOW disappears and you are left stumbling over your words and panicking about your answers. Whilst most people will never truly be comfortable in an interview environment, there are some tactics I have learnt over my decade...

The China Legal Market. China has witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. These transformations are not only generational but also occupational. Before the 1980s there were no recognized lawyers, law offices, or law graduates. As late as the 1990s, there were no international law firms in China to speak of. Today, there are over 400,000 practicing ...

The 2019 Global In-House Report is an overview of hiring trends from a variety of sources, from the local knowledge of experienced consultants to our regional salary guides through to general market sentiment derived from interviews with senior contacts. Below is an extract from the Hong Kong section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, BeNeLux, Italy, the ...

We are delighted to present Taylor Root’s Risk & Compliance Asia Salary Report & Market Update for 2019-20. The findings offer valuable insights into the hiring trends and salary fluctuations in the in-house legal market across Asia. By means of an introduction, below is an excerpt from the report: Risk overview 2019 has followed a similar trend to last year with regards to ...