Law firms ‘Chinese law firms are underestimated’: Q&A with Roger Parker, managing partner for EMEA at Reed Smith Legal Business · 2 October 2014 · 5 min read Asia Q&A Reed Smith Reed Smith’s managing partner for Europe, Middle East and Asia, Roger Parker, discusses international expansion, Chinese law firms and trying to get more corporate work.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: Kirkland launches Phildaelphia transactions practice as Sidley hires Cravath ECM partnerLaw firmsWill Lewallen10 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in ParisLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Apr 2026‘We expect them to hit the ground running’ – Reed Smith ships up to Boston with hire of 12-strong teamLaw firmsAlex Ryan18 Mar 2026A&O gains Shanghai approval on the back of double-digit Asia-Pac growthLaw firmsNathalie Tidman7 Jan 2020Letter from… Sydney: After the churn of the foreign influx, Australian legal elite look primed for their golden ageLaw firmsMarco Cillario29 Oct 2019HSF becomes latest Western firm to gain Chinese law capability through new Shanghai allianceLaw firmsMarco Cillario7 Aug 2019Q&A: Reed Smith’s new global arbitration head on the transition from a Miami litigation boutique to an international firmLaw firmsLegal Business23 May 2017Q&A: Signature Litigation’s Graham Huntley on potential mergers and the need for litigators to behaveLaw firmsTom Baker21 Apr 2017Q&A: Latham’s Sophie Lamb on life in chambers, practice and the danger of post-Brexit immigration policyLaw firmsLegal Business22 Mar 2017