09.01.12 08:30 Age: 13 yrs
Dealmakers of 2012, China Law Firm
The DealMakers Global Awards 2012 has selected LEHMAN, LEE & XU China by a vote of the magazine’s global readership with a comprehensive guide to those firms that are noted for demonstrating a consistently high level of ability, within those Countries that the monthly publication reaches, whilst ensuring they are kept well informed as to who the firms of note are, thus ensuring those Award winning firms receive appropriate recognition and acknowledgment.
Recognizing the experience and skills that many of the developed nations have, we know how important it is to be recognized as a leader in China, the country with the fastest growing economy in the world and a country that has undergone the greatest economic transformation of all time, therefore being singled out as the “go to firm” for Dealmakers, LEHMAN, LEE & XU has been consistently been referred to by our readership of Corporate General Counsel worldwide, as proactive legal advisers, that do more than advise, but actually make deals happen bridging the cultural, business, and language gap which sometimes occurs in foreign and Chinese related deals .The DealMakers Global Awards 2012 recognized a select number of leading professional firms, across the globe, for their individual areas of specialization, within their geographical location. LEHMAN, LEE & XU is pleased to be the only firm recognized for China. The DealMakers Global Awards 2012 are presented across all geographical locations that the Monthly Magazine penetrates. LEHMAN, LEE & XU China is pleased to be recognized by the readership as the magazine salutes the organizations & advisers that have performed to exceptional levels during the most difficult period that the global economy has experienced for decades. The process of LEHMAN, LEE & XU’s recognition by it peers was through, a total of 81,500 electronic voting forms were issued. By close of business Wednesday 04th January 2012, votes received totaled 23,635, demonstrating a 29% response rate, selecting LEHMAN, LEE & XU China as the “China Dealmakers of the Year 2012″.
The poll represents who the readership believes are the leading professional firms, within the various areas of specialization, across the various geographical regions. Edward Lehman, who is China’s longest serving managing director of any law firm in the country, and a 25 year resident of mainland China (Beijing and Shanghai) commented, “as the firm celebrates its 20th year in mainland China, we are appreciative to all our peers and corporate counsel who selected LEHMAN, LEE & XU as the China Dealmakers Law firm 2012, the firm continues to go from strength, to strength in the world’s’ most dynamic economy, China”.