Episodes
我们与全球领先的法律猎头公司Hughes Castell 的大中华区资深法律猎头Vicky 刘彦访谈关于2022年中国大陆整体法律市场状况。 Vicky 谈论了律所在疫情影响下法律业务与招聘业务的整体情况和中资所、外资所的发展趋势;以及in house的市场情况和比较受欢迎的候选人的背景能力。
Published 01/09/23
Published 01/09/23
Co-hosts Art Dicker and Boon Kim Fam are joined by Henry Van Dyck and George Martin, partners and co-chairs of the FCPA practice at Faegre Drinker. Henry was most recently a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice working on FCPA and other global government investigations, while George has been a partner at Faegre and co-chair of the China practice covering FCPA and other matters there. Together we cover some of the most important and relevant topics, including how to...
Published 10/06/22
Kim Yapchai is an award winning, experienced, global, C-suite leader with a substantial track record of dealing successfully with complex issues in multi-national, public companies, including Ford, Whirlpool, Masco Corporation, and Tenneco. Hear her give the "secret sauce" to an effective speak up program.
Published 08/17/22
From a "surgeon saving lives" (external counsel) to a "family doctor who knows everything there needs to know about each member of the family" (in-house lawyer), Di Yao, Head of Legal for Google Shanghai speaks to the China Business Law Podcast about his journey from an external counsel to an in-house lawyer. In this episode, Di talks about what prompted him to move from a law firm to an in-house role, how he adds value to a technology company and also what technology companies should be...
Published 04/12/22
Happy International Women’s Day! The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #Break The Bias. In this episode, guest host Kim speaks to Orianne Dutka, a former attorney who worked in private practice (FCPA investigations), government (education) and not for profit specializing in disability rights before finding her calling in creative writing, and is currently working on a novel as well as a screenplay! An accomplished violinist as well as an ultra-marathon runner, Orianne...
Published 03/07/22
Doreen Jaeger-Soong, Managing Director at Hughes-Castell, one of Asia’s leading executive search firms, discusses the paths for lawyers and the choices they must make as they progress through their career in China. We cover both in-house and law firms, international firms and PRC firms, and the pros and cons of switching between the two. Doreen has been an authority on the legal market in China for over 30 years, and she shares those decades of wisdom using real life hypotheticals on what...
Published 12/05/21
We are thrilled to have Craig Katerberg, GC and Head of Corporate Affairs for Budweiser APAC, to discuss (1) how he manages a team of over 120+ people including keeping top talent happy and motivated (2) how his team works across functional units of the company (3) how lawyers can effectively communicate within a company (4) how understanding the company's strategy can make lawyers more effective Craig is a self-described "introvert", hard to believe at first - but after you listen to him...
Published 11/16/21
In this two part interview, Boon Kim Fam talks with Kent Kedl and Tung Jung (TJ) Tan, Partners at Control Risks on have to identify and handle conflicts of interests among employees, vendors, and other business partners. Be prepared to listen to some fantastic stories on fraud and how its uncovered, especially using modern forensic accounting tools combined with years of experience of knowing where to look for problems. And on how services like this in the M&A context don’t usually kill...
Published 10/13/21
In this two part interview, Boon Kim Fam talks with Kent Kedl and Tung Jung (TJ) Tan, Partners at Control Risks on have to identify and handle conflicts of interests among employees, vendors, and other business partners. Be prepared to listen to some fantastic stories on fraud and how its uncovered, especially using modern forensic accounting tools combined with years of experience of knowing where to look for problems. And on how services like this in the M&A context don’t usually kill...
Published 10/13/21
In this two part interview, Art Dicker and guest host Iris Yuan talk with Mavis Tan and Jessica Pyman, Partners at Control Risks based in Hong Kong. On how to prepare for litigation including fit-to-sue analysis, securing evidence, use of experts, and finding pressure points that help lead to a favorable settlement. Mavis and Jessica explain how lawyers can work side-by-side with someone like Control Risks for a more comprehensive and often practical approach to building and implementing an...
Published 10/13/21
In this two part interview, Art Dicker and guest host Iris Yuan talk with Mavis Tan and Jessica Pyman, Partners at Control Risks based in Hong Kong. On how to prepare for litigation including fit-to-sue analysis, securing evidence, use of experts, and finding pressure points that help lead to a favorable settlement. Mavis and Jessica explain how lawyers can work side-by-side with someone like Control Risks for a more comprehensive and often practical approach to building and implementing an...
Published 10/13/21
Boon Kim Fam talks with Shirley Zhang, Global Compliance Director at Dover Fueling Solutions.  On running a global compliance program out of Shanghai for a multinational company.  On the challenges of “work-life integration” and time management during COVID-19.  And how Shirley and her team manage to stay on top of an ever increasing number of data privacy and other compliance regulations around the world.
Published 09/13/21
No matter your position on Chinese companies being put on a blacklist by the US government, you have to admire the due process these companies still get in court when a rule is challenged. Enter Xiaomi, which recently won a federal lawsuit to get off the black list banning US investors to buy and sell its stock. We talk with Tim O'Toole, Partner at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, who himself has appeared numerous times before the judge in this Xiaomi case. On whether this ruling opens up...
Published 05/31/21
A joint episode with our sister show "Ganbei" with guest with Xiaohu Ma, Partner at Hui Zhong Law Firm and former partner at Morrison & Foerster. The Variable Interest Entity. Sounds like a boring term an accountant or lawyer might use. Well it is an accounting term, but it’s anything but boring when you know how its used in the real world. It’s the key to how all Chinese internet companies have been structured to go IPO outside of China for the last 20 years. Let’s just say it’s a...
Published 05/05/21
本期我们与复星集团法务部执行总经理Iris 袁佳丽、FMC亚太区知识产权事务负责人Leo 李灵川进行了Lawyers Unscripted. (Unscripted means free flowing conversation, not overly planned out in advanced.) 10' IP律师业务模块介绍 16' in-house工作的沟通方式 对比与在律所工作的思考方式 30' 时代背景下对职业转变赋予的自由空间 以及新兴行业的发展对于跨领域/跨界人才的需求 41' 客户对外部律师的真实需求 47' MBA对软实力的培养 51' 如何建立对客户的吸引力与信任感 59' 如何看待行业选择
Published 04/16/21
我们访谈了Hughes - Castell的Sherry、Vicky, 以大中华区专业的法律猎头角度讨论律所的律师与企业的法务之间的市场情况。 2'25'' 目前法律市场的情况 7'07'' 律所的专业领域,提供Junior Lawyer相应的建议 23'40'' 企业的专业领域,以in house角度说明 32'01'' 从律所的律师到企业的in house角色转变 34'05'' GC发展情况 42'30'' 律所升合伙人的创收要求以及企业对于in house的要求
Published 03/16/21
We look back at some of the timeless jewels of wisdom some of our guests gave last year. (1) how lawyers can better communicate with their clients and colleagues (2) how they can become an integrated part of their company's strategic functions, (3) how young students can best prepare for a legal career, (4) how a compliance culture can permeate a company's employee base (5) how to help clients face difficult choices when faced with findings of repeated employee misconduct (6) some of the...
Published 02/03/21
We interview Amiad Kushner, chair of the litigation practice at Seiden Law Group, a boutique law firm based in New York that specializes in complex commercial litigation, often on behalf of clients based in Europe and Asia. Amiad has a special focus on representing Chinese clients in these matters. Foreign companies sue Chinese companies and often are in disbelief at how little documentation a Chinese company produces during the discovery process. And this may simply be because Chinese...
Published 12/01/20
We talk with Tim Klatte, head of Shanghai Forensic Advisory Services at Grant Thornton China and Qiao Peng, Partner at R&P China Lawyers. Tim and Qiao share best practices on conducting internal investigations, including several case studies, as well as how lawyers and forensic accountants work together for clients in the investigations process. -How has compliance practices by big companies changed over the years in China? -Is there anything about business in China that makes...
Published 11/09/20
我们邀请了高焕勇律师,美国盛智律师事务所上海代表处知识产权、诉讼业务及公司业务组的合伙人,访谈关于标准必要专利全球许可费率的管辖权: 美国,英国和中国的比较。
Published 10/10/20
The host, Art Dicker, discusses the legal issues and risks surrounding mask and other PPE procurement from China. Art is joined by long-time China veterans Cameron Johnson of Tidal Wave Solutions and Joel Gallo of Columbia China League Business Advisory.
Published 09/23/20
We talk with long-time China veterans Cameron Johnson of Tidal Wave Solutions and Joel Gallo of Columbia China League Business Advisory on multiple real world cases of sourcing mask and other PPE product from China. On some of the potential pitfalls involved and best practices to reduce risk.
Published 09/23/20
我们访谈了戴冠春律师,竞天公诚律师事务所合伙人,钱伯斯亚太地区公司/并购第四梯队,ALB中国十佳并购律师。
Published 08/21/20
We are joined on our sister show Ganbei by Brian Fleming, Member at leading Washington DC law firm, Miller & Chevalier. Before joining the firm, Brian spent several years at the US Department of Justice working on national security issues related to export control, CFIUS investigations, and other compliance and enforcement efforts on international trade. Brian and Art discuss the recent Executive Orders restricting the use of WeChat and TikTok and the ongoing discussions about a...
Published 08/12/20