Despite China’s economic growth having reached its slowest in 25 years last year, the country’s leading law firms continued their strong pace of revenue growth. The China Elite 2016 report singles out the top 30 firms by annual turnover and provides a year-on-year comparison on their results. This year, it also takes a special look at firms that have increased average revenue per lawyer and revenue per partner, good indicators of a firm’s overall financial health.

The analysis delves into the reasons behind the rise and key clients and type of work contributed to the growth. It also puts a new emphasis on firm’s internal structure such as how they manage and remunerate non-partner fee-earners and the major changes and investments they are making to improve the integration and business side of the firm in a bit to push up market shares in complex and high-end mandates.

Other key topics covered by the report include: how these firms are exploring the best way to achieve their international ambitions, the main functions and roles of Chinese firms’ existing overseas offices, and international firms’ evolving strategies for China.

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