Year: 2025

On August 31, 2025, as I hiked through the Yungang Grottoes in Datong—just two high-speed train hours from Beijing—news of Prime Minister Modi’s state visit to China surged through global social media and filled my consciousness. Surrounded by the towering, serene figures of benevolent bodhisattvas carved into ancient rock, I felt time collapse—past, present, and… Continue reading PRIME MINISTER MODI’S EASTWARD JOURNEY

As Co-Chair of the LAWASIA Belt and Road Initiative Committee, our Senior Partner Jeff Leong, delivered a welcome speech at the 2025 LAWASIA Belt and Road Initiative & Employment Law Conference in Jakarta on August 11. The Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI) hosted the event. In his address, Jeff Leong highlighted globalization’s success in Asia and… Continue reading BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND THE INTERNATIONAL MULTILATERAL RULES BASED ORDER

These are some thoughts over the new year break on the impact of involutionary competition (内卷竞争) on Chinese law firms and potential solutions, drawing upon my experience as a law firm founder, crossborder lawyer and foreign related legal educator over some 30 years. It is eerily similar to the challenges facing Malaysian law firms today.… Continue reading Strategic Thoughts For 2025: The Red Queen Effect in Chinese Law Firms and Possible Solutions