On January 18, 2024, the Chambers Greater China Region Guide, an authoritative international legal rating guide, released its latest rankings for 2024. With its professional service quality and good reputation in the industry, Watson & Band is once again top-ranked in the three areas of "Intellectual Property: Litigation", "Intellectual Property: Non-litigation" and "Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai". For the sixth consecutive year, Mr. Zhu Xiaosu, Senior Partner of Watson & Band, is again named to the Individual list in the "Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai" category, steadily climbing to Band 2, and also to the individual list in the "Insolvency/Restructuring" category, ranking in Band 3. Mr. Tang Guohua, a senior patent attorney of Watson & Band, is also again included in the individual list in the field of "Intellectual Property: Non-litigation", and recommended as “up and coming”.

The Chambers Greater China Region Guide, a successor to the Asia-Pacific Guide, provides corporate legal departments, business and legal teams, individuals and other clients seeking legal support with unparalleled market analysis and insights regarding leading law firms and lawyers.

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