Original title: Dentons lawyer was interviewed by China Enterprise News: Chinese lawyers are facing four blue oceans, and there is a lot to be done to help promote the business environment under the rule of law.
On February 17, Mr. Xu Yongqian, member of the Party Committee of Dentons, vice president of the Research Institute and senior partner, was interviewed by China Enterprise News, answering five questions to be answered in the new round of globalization, four strategic spaces for lawyer development, and three global leading successful practices of Dentons. Subsequently, the full text of the article was published in the "China Enterprise Daily" Learning Power Number, and the full text is as follows:
China Enterprise Daily: You mentioned that Chinese lawyers will face four blue oceans in 2024, please elaborate on the connotation of the "four blue oceans".
Xu Yongqian: To put it simply, the "four blue oceans" faced by Chinese lawyers are the "four alls": it is necessary for all organizations in the world to establish a compliance management system in accordance with the four international standards such as ISO37301; In order for all enterprises to achieve sustainable development, it is necessary to build a set of ESG management system; At the beginning of this year, the new regulations came into effect, clearly stipulating that all user-paid projects must adopt the BOT project financing method, and the first hand ends at the concession agreement, and almost all parties involved in major public infrastructure projects are equal legal relations, and there is almost no suspense that lawyers are one of the biggest winners; All "reporting" companies need to speed up the pace of data compliance into the table.
China Enterprise Daily: What are the successful practices of China's lawyers?
Xu Yongqian: As far as I know, more and more Chinese law firms are actively involved in these matters. Taking Dentons as an example, in the past three years, Dacheng lawyers have won three global firsts: First, they have counseled Haier Smart Home, the world's first company, to pass the ISO37301 compliance management system international certification. The second is to guide Shandong Energy Yankuang Group to pass the certification of the national group standard - "ESG Management System Guide", becoming the first in the world. In the past, there were only two ESG tracks: rating and disclosure, and relevant ministries and commissions took the lead and promoted the introduction of national group standards to fill the gap in global ESG certification standards. The third is to counsel the world's first enterprise and the first enterprise to hire a lawyer to issue a data compliance, that is, DAC legal opinion, to complete the form. Fourth, in the field of BOT project financing, many issues of China Lawyer magazine have published the first prize practice of Dacheng lawyers in the country** "BOT Project Financing: Who is the Big Winner?" "Risk Identification and Management in BOT Project Financing", etc., "China Investment" magazine, "China Enterprise News", etc., have interviewed Dacheng lawyers for many times on the ten "new" of the new franchise regulations, etc., and many achievements in recent years have won honors such as "No. 1 Law Firm" in this field.
China Enterprise Daily: What is the macro background of the four strategic opportunities for the lawyer industry?
Xu Yongqian: Chinese lawyers have encountered the general trend of "BRICS Belt and Road Globalization, Century of Changes and New Situation", that is, a new round of globalization opportunities. Every round of globalization must have a leader, and whoever leads globalization must answer five questions: whether the concept is advanced, whether the system is open, whether the power source is abundant, where is the huge market, and who is the "leading brother"?
Obviously, China is one of the indispensable core elements of the new round of globalization in these five aspects: we have always adhered to the concept of "win-win cooperation"; With more than 40 years of commodity element opening-up, we have officially launched institutional opening-up, and rule benchmarking, regulatory coordination, management improvement, and standard guidance will reshape the rules-based international order and promote the rule of law in global governance. Our position as the world's largest country with the largest increase in intellectual property rights, more and more green and low-carbon technologies, disruptive iterative technologies, and adaptive innovative technologies have brought a steady stream of well-being to countries around the world; The "Belt and Road" region, which is a market with strong complementarity with China's industry, high matching capacity and unparalleled cost performance, has huge potential; The key is that the "Belt and Road" we advocate is not a solo performance of China, but a chorus of the people of all countries along the route, we have the continuous expansion of the BRICS countries in terms of commodity-based opening-up, and almost all developed economies have participated in the formulation of a series of international standards for compliance hosted by China, and the leading brother of the new round of globalization is the multinational enterprises of these countries, especially the world's top 500 enterprises.
China Enterprise Daily: Please describe the global "business" opportunities for lawyers.
Xu Yongqian: According to the authoritative organization of the United States**, the global population will reach 8 billion by the end of this year. According to the research and analysis of China's relevant departments and institutions, of these 8 billion people, 1 billion people do not have a house to live in, and 3 billion people do not have a green and low-carbon good house to live in. It can be said that in the next ten years, in the BRICS countries and the "Belt and Road" region, especially in the overseas Chinese-funded industrial parks and post towns, around the housing, transportation and food of these 4 billion people, the opportunities faced by Chinese enterprises are self-evident.