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China’s smaller law firms, especially those leading regional firms which are profitable and have enviable client lists, are being inundated with merger proposals from larger firms in first-tier cities. Many of them, however, have spurned these advances… and for good reason.

目前，国内的中小型律师事务所，尤其是业绩优异且客户资源丰富的区域型律所，正面临来自一级城市大型律所铺天盖地的合并提议。但许多这样的中小型律所，出于对律所自身发展的考虑，却断然拒绝了这样的“合并机会”。

Forging ahead as a city of importance, the city's legal firms are now making their mark, part of the economic powerhouse that is China's fifth first-tier city

Beijing-headquartered Guantao has opened its ninth branch office in Tianjin, which is regarded as the growth engine for North China.

北京观韬在天津成立了其第九家分所，并聘请经验丰富的本地资深律师马克伟和丛英作为合伙人.

Just like Shenzhen and Pudong before it, Binhai is slated for a rapid government-led transformation. ALB China reports from Tianjin on how its legal profession will keep pace with its explosive economy

Global law firm associations are doubling their efforts in this region to make sure their members secure a piece of the advisory pie.

In a progressive, proactive and perspicacious manoeuvre, Lovells and nine leading Chinese law firms have formed the Sino-Global Legal Alliance (SGLA), a "non-exclusive cooperation of law firms" that will attempt to provide legal services to clients on a coordinated basis across practice areas, China's provinces and countries.

International law firm Lovells and nine leading local Chinese firms have shocked their international and local competitors by forming a non-exclusive cooperation of law firms, the Sino-Global Legal Alliance (SGLA), in an attempt to provide coordinated legal services to clients across practice areas, provinces in China and countries.