Cathay Associates Kejie was recognized asthe 2018 ALB China Boutique Law Firm of the Year. The candidates include Chinalocal law firms and China offices of International law firms. The selection criteria are as follows: 1. the size and main business area of the law firm,2.the most significant achievements by the law firm over the years, 3.important transactions/litigations that the law firm has participated in during the past12 months, 4. the growth of the business, personnel and clients of the law firmduring the past 12 months, 5.the developing strategy of the law firm in thenext 12 months.

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Cathay Associates havebeen providing legal advice and service for various China enterprises about inbound and outbound investment/M&A/financing, such as advised Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited (“Sino-Ocean Group”) on the registration and issuance of medium-term notes with the registered amount of RMB10 billion to China’s interbank bond market; advised Sino-Ocean Group onthe overseas issuance of 600 million US dollars of subordinated perpetual bonds, etc. Meanwhile, in order to better serve the “Belt and Road” policy and“Going Global” of Chinese enterprises, Cathay Associates Kejie has set up Cathay Associates Kejie China Center in the hotspots of “Belt and Road” and Chinesecompanies outbound investment/M&A.

Asian Legal Business (ALB),owned by Thomson Reuters, is an independent media providing information aboutAsia-Pacific legal service teams and focusing on the legal news and the latestlegal updates, which has a wide influence around the word. The legal awards issuedby ALB, named as the “Oscars in the Legal Circle”, are about authoritative selections for law firms, corporate legal affairs and other legal professional institutions engaged in Chinese legal business, which are only held once a yearand have been widely recognized for the strong objectiveness and high authoritativeness.