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‘A Chinese firm for Chinese clients’: Michelmores supports first UK launch by Chinese-owned law firm

‘A Chinese firm for Chinese clients’: Michelmores supports first UK launch by Chinese-owned law firm
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1 June 2015
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YangTze Law has become the first wholly Chinese-owned law firm to launch in London, targeting Chinese corporates investing in Europe as China’s outbound direct investment overtook investment into the country for the first time earlier this year.

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