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Alibaba is a colossus of the online retail industry, operating multiple platforms based around retail commerce, cloud computing, digital media, entertainment and financial services. The company provides technology infrastructure and marketing to help the sellers on its platforms reach customers using new technology such as its work in artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Alibaba’s in-house legal team is led by the industry renowned Timothy A. Steinert, general counsel, and consists of some of the top legal minds in the world of technology, IT, commercial and corporate law in China and the Asia Pacific region. Alibaba employs nearly 87,000 people in China and operates nine online service platforms: Taobao.com, TMALL, AliExpress, Alibaba.com, 1688.com, alimama, Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao Network, and recently ANT Financial.