Agreement

Shanghai Lixiaohua Law Firm signed international legal service cooperation agreements with law firms in Hungary and Japan, extending its referral and joint-representation network for matters involving Chinese enterprises in Central Europe and Japanese enterprises in China.

Purpose

Cross-border matters rarely stay within one jurisdiction. The agreements allow the firm to coordinate counsel, evidence and enforcement across jurisdictions under a single engagement, with consistent standards of confidentiality and reporting.

Context

International legal services are a component of China’s wider opening-up: Chinese citizens and companies abroad, and foreign nationals and companies in China, need counsel able to act in more than one system. The firm’s foreign-related practice has developed around that demand, including work recommended by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai.