29 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS CHINA • 亚洲法律杂志-中国版 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM/CHINA also cause some barriers to cross-border communication and cooperation in legal services. We are also seeing increasing demand for legal services in the market. The rapid development of GBA leads to increasing demand for legal services. In the context of such a “fast” pace, we need to continuously make innovations. We need to train lawyers to improve their skills in dealing with foreign-related legal services. It is Tahota’s focus to be based on GBA and expand in the region. We will use legal services to promote the development of social economy and culture. In August 2022, three lawyers in Tahota’s Hong Kong office obtained the qualification for practicing as lawyers in GBA and became the first batch of GBA lawyers in Shenzhen. They were able to join Tahota’s Shenzhen office. In the future, Tahota will continue to hire and cultivate talents in the field of foreign-related issues. We also aim to develop legal services in different areas by investing people and money in order to provide customers with qualified services. We aim to empower the firm with digital intelligence to build a cloudbased law firm. We want to build a lowrisk firm by risk prevention, as well as make innovations to drive the sustainable development of the firm. Chen: As a key city in GBA, Shenzhen has a wide range of cross-border legal services. Meanwhile, the optimization of the business environment and the in-depth regional cooperation in GBA brings opportunities as well as challenges for the legal services market. An obvious problem is the differences in the legal environment caused by the multiple administrative regions and the legal systems involved in the region. In the future, we will pay close attention to the practicing lawyer systems in GBA and actively participate in the research and discussion of relevant policies. We will provide suggestions for the improvement of legal services and the development of the legal services market in the area. TianTong will also continue to pay attention to the construction and development of regions such as Nansha, Qianhai and Hengqin. We will form partnerships with local governments and enterprises to provide legal support and consulting services for the development of these regions. In addition, TianTong also focuses on technological innovation and digital transformation. We are promoting digital transformation within the law firm, including the development of online services. As one of the key economically developed cities in GBA, Shenzhen has contributed to the qualified development of the region based on its optimized business environment and in-depth regional cooperation. It brings many opportunities as well as challenges to the legal services market. We will also keep focusing on emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain and try to apply them to legal services. Yang Jie: The challenge we are facing now is mainly how to differentiate us from national and regional large firms in GBA. We have been thinking of how to build on our strengths and make use of the advantages of GBA law firms. We believe that GBA law firms should take advantage of their deep understanding of the GBA market, especially the legal services market, to overcome the challenges and build a diversified legal services ecosystem in the region. ALB: In the Greater Bay Area, there are many projects under construction, such as the pilot scheme for GBA lawyers, the building of Nansha, Qianhai and Hengqin, and more What plans do you have to realize sustainable development in the region considering these projects? Yang Lin: We plan to focus on four sectors. Firstly, we aim to launch branches that fully cover key regions of GBA; Secondly, we will launch offices in Qianhai, Hengqin and Lok Ma Chau Loop; Thirdly, we will set up branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and New York to facilitate the export of legal services; and fourthly, we will support the rapid growth of these branches and help them connect to each other in terms of resources, business and services. Huang: GBA is a critical place in the country’s strategic development plans and we will make use of this advantage to deploy our legal service in the region. Tahota will follow the national development strategy to expand around the country. Our offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong offices will collaborate with each other, and use our global platform and network to integrate the domestic and international legal resources. In addition, we will also take advantage of the GBA incentives policies to expand our service. We plan to strengthen collaboration and communications with lawyers in GBA and make use of the unique international experience of Hong Kong and Macao lawyers to improve our lawyers’ foreign-related service capabilities, as well as help Chinese enterprises to go to the global market. Chen: TianTong Law Firm will strive to build a solid business foundation in GBA. We will keep track of market demand, enhance our professional capabilities and develop with our partners. Based on our mission to participate in building a fairer and more just legal ecosystem, we will provide more comprehensive and better legal services to our clients. We believe that TianTong will realize sustainable development in GBA through continuous efforts and innovation. Yang Jie: We believe that GBA is a vibrant and promising market, and the region will definitely bring more opportunities to the legal services industry. Talent is the key thing to seize the opportunities. Apart from hiring local talents, Wang Jing & GH Law Firm is also looking for GBA lawyers from Hong Kong and Macau. Currently, our firm has hired six GBA lawyers. We will keep recruiting GBA lawyers to enrich our professional team and to better provide better legal services to our clients at home and abroad. MANAGING PARTNER ROUNDTABLE ALB：贵所目前在粤港澳大湾区的布局 情况如何？贵所如何制定综合性的大湾 区发展策略？ 杨林律师，卓建律师事务所创始合伙 人、律所主任、执委会主任：粤港澳大 湾区是卓建所重点布局的区域，也是
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