Cathay Associates Kejie was recognized as the ALB 2016 China Top 10 Firms to Watch. Candidates includes local Chinese law firms andChina offices of international law firms. The selection criteria are as follows:1.Set up new offices,2.Significant transactions and litigations (clients’quality,cases’difficulty, cases’influence,cooperative partners’quality),3.Increase employees 4.Revenue grows, 5. The main reasons and strategies forgrowth,6.Business improvement and the prospects of the law firm.

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Cathay Associates Kejie isa law firm focusing on transaction with global network. In 2015,Cathay Associates Kejie focused on the current hot spots and concentrated its legalservices on the areas of M&A, private financing, private equity and venture capital,and securities issuance.While providing high quality services toclients,Cathay Associates Kejie has significantly increased its revenue.Inaddition, this firm plans to recruit new partners.The “Cathay Associates” legal service network,which was created by Cathay Associates Kejie,has been officially launched now.It aims to provide a full range oflegal service for Chinese enterprises’outbound investment and M&A throughits globalized,legal and commercial network. He Jie,the managing partner ofthe law firm,believes that“a boutique law firm should be a law firm with excellent team and skilled service.”