Practice Skills

Law firms still measure key aspects of their business — productivity, pricing, and growth — in "lawyer terms." Here are superior metrics that calculate success in real-world outcomes and experiences....
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal profession marks a significant shift in the industry, not just a passing trend. In 1998, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman...
The ability to initiate, grow, and maintain professional business relationships is absolutely critical to your future legal career. Here’s why these skills matter and how to start developing them.If...
It should come as no surprise that working in the legal profession comes with long working hours and intensive client demands. Lawyers also need to constantly juggle stress factors such as the:...
In recent years, data protection regulations across the globe have constantly evolved to become more robust. Europe introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, and in 2021...
Hong Kong’s Commissioner for Climate Change of the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Wong Chuen-fai, recently said the city’s participation in COP 28 in Dubai this year - after years of absence -would...
In-house legal departments and law firms are facing an unprecedented revolution in legal technology, for example, with Generative AI anticipated to play an ever-increasing role in legal...
Arecent survey from Pinsent Masons Vario has highlighted how much modern families have evolved, and how much law firms and legal teams need to adapt to suit changing modern lawyers. Overall,...
Introduction Have you experienced stress lately? If you are a lawyer working in Hong Kong, chances are your answer is ‘yes’. You may even consider that you experience stress on a fairly regular...
Most lawyers would agree that the legal profession in Hong Kong tends to be demanding. Between the complex and high-value work that Hong Kong firms typically see, the requirements of sophisticated...
Bi-smi llahir r-rahmani r-rahim Besides the features covered in Part 1 in the August 2023 issue, other features relevant to doing business in countries with a Muslim population are - time...
Bi-smi llahir r-rahmani r-rahim Understanding the multiverse in which Muslims live and do business Aladdin used the magic words "open sesame", easily understood to mean a password...
We are moving into another season of the year. At different times during the pandemic, some related phenomena, from work from home (WFH) initially emerging as either a much-attractive alternative...
ESG, ESG, ESG—everyone is talking about ESG these days. ESG stands for Environment, Social and Governance and it encompasses a broad range of issues, from climate change, to modern slavery, to anti-...
Whether you are a young lawyer in Hong Kong looking at the next stage of your career or a seasoned partner, all of the following questions you can ask yourself may help you with stress management now...
"Dear Xxx Thank you for your email... We will formally respond to the letter attached to your email in due course. Please do feel free in future to address emails that you send to me to my...
Lawyers are said to be notoriously resistant to change. Our organisation, education, training, practice and conduct are said to be all scripted. We avert and manage risks. We argue and work on...
Practicing law anywhere in the world is stressful, but practicing law in Hong Kong is uniquely stressful. The working culture in Hong Kong is hard-driving, and the sums of money at stake, for clients...
For in-house lawyers in Hong Kong, the past 18 months have been a busy and often stressful time. The pandemic has served to shine a light on not just how vital the role these in-house lawyers play,...
The Tripod: Competitiveness – Collaboration – Professional Standards Survival is a basic instinct. In modern world, the term "competitiveness" carries with it, to a certain extent, this basic...