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Hong Kong Teams 2018

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Knorr-Bremse

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Hong Kong Teams 2018

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Led by general counsel for Asia Pacific, Yan Zhang, the legal team of braking systems manufacturer Knorr-Bremse is divided by function and expertise in common law, mainland Chinese law, and other support functions such as compliance and IP. This has proved to be a very efficient way to understand the local legal environment in Hong Kong and mainland China. Zhang has been with Knorr-Bremse for three years, first starting as Greater China general counsel before being promoted to his current role. Before Zhang took over, Knorr functioned as the country’s business team reaching out to a local law firms if issues arose. Since then Zhang has developed a team that can anticipate issues and provide efficient legal services to the business. A nominating source describes the legal team as having experienced, ‘both [a] trial and [a] journey for Zhang himself and for [the team at] Knorr-Bremse… [who found in Zhang] somebody strong to build the legal risk control system. It was a win-win [for] both. So far Yan has built all the format and the next step will be going from good to excellent for every single legal matter across the whole region’.

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