On June 26, 2023, the famous legal media China Business Law Journal ("CBLJ") announced winners of its 2023 China Business Law Awards. Watson & Band, with its professional strengths and outstanding performance in data law area, again won the annual award in the "Privacy and Data Protection" area this year. This is also the third time that Watson & Band wins this "Privacy and Data Protection" award.

In the past year of 2022, Watson & Band's data law service team continued its in-depths researches and pioneering practical explorations in the data protection and privacy area. The team participated in the top-tier system setup for the Shanghai Data Exchange, assisted a number of companies in listing their products at the Shanghai Data Exchange, and also provided data compliance projects for several world renowned corporations.

In the digital age, our professional team will center on the enterprises'needs for data flow and governance, grasp the market opportunities brought by the digital transformation and provide compliance plans and solutions for the enterprises data governance, data flow and data capitalization. We are dedicated to providing customized solutions for the enterprises’ legitimate and safe utilization of their data and enhance the enterprises’ competitiveness in data economy.

CBLJ's China Business Law Awards aim to recognize and praise law firms with outstanding performance in various practice areas and industry sectors in the previous year. In this year’s Awards, CBLJ conducted months of surveys and selections based on its constant attention to and reports on China’s legal market, listened to direct feedback from the market and observed thousands of votes and recommendations from domestic and overseas in-house counsels, management and decision makers, legal scholars and government officials; meanwhile, CBLJ also referred to deals, cases and other prominent achievements of the law firms in the previous year, and finally worked out the award-winner list to reflect the legal market status.