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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is a global law firm focused on serving the Technology & Innovation, Energy & Infrastructure and Finance sectors. Leading companies and new entrants call on our teams in 25+ markets worldwide for forward-looking, pragmatic advice on transactions, litigation and compliance matters. We bring distinctive quality, teamwork, and value to the table – and innovate in everything we do. We’re especially focused on attracting and inspiring the best legal talent – and we’re proud to be named one of Fortune's 2020 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Founded in 1993, Zhong Lun Law Firm is one of the first partnership law firms in the PRC. With effect from April 17, 2012, it has been restructured into a limited liability partnership in accordance with the law. After years of rapid and steady growth, today Zhong Lun has established itself as one of the largest full-service law firms in China, with over 390 equity partners and more than 2,500 professionals working in eighteen offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Haikou, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Almaty. Our in-depth expertise and close inter-department collaborations enable us to provide clients with high-quality legal services in more than 60 jurisdictions across a wide range of industries and sectors.

Rouse was established in the UK in 1990 and is recognised as a global intellectual property (IP) leader operating as a collaborative network with more than 1000 people working out of 43 offices in 19 countries. Rouse is regularly ranked among the leading IP firms in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Working in collaboration, the global team includes IP professionals from a wide range of disciplines. Lawyers, patents and trademark attorneys, researchers and specialist IP investigators work seamlessly together, combining a high level of professional skills and experience with ‘on-the ground’ practical and commercial knowhow. Many people comment on the Rouse Difference. We’re non-hierarchical, creative and results-oriented. We focus on getting to know our clients really well, working collaboratively in a true partnership to achieve their objectives. We also build strong and long relationships with both our staff and clients – on average, our employees have worked with us for more than 12 years, while our key clients have been around for even longer. Supporting the communities in which we work and, importantly, in which our employees live, is something we take seriously. The Rouse Network consists of local subsidiaries of Rouse International Limited and closely aligned but independent firms which work seamlessly together on engagements. Which elements of work are done by which entity depends entirely on the differing regulatory provisions applicable in each country.