Shanghai savings: HSF first Western firm to open alternative legal services hub in China

Shanghai savings: HSF first Western firm to open alternative legal services hub in China

With international law firms intent on carving up pricey mandates so that chunks can be processed more mechanically by cheaper teams, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the first Western firm to open an alternative legal services hub in China.

A 13-member team of lawyers and legal analysts bilingual in Mandarin and English has been set up in the firm’s Shanghai office. The business combines legal expertise, process efficiency and client technology solutions to process high-volume or document-intensive work more cost effectively.

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