Hong Kong’s Yang & Yang Solicitors, which spun off last year from Deloitte Legal, has hired veteran corporate lawyer Rossana Chu as a partner. Chu was previously the managing partner of LC Lawyers, EY’s Hong Kong law firm, which closed recently.

In the past few years, law firms in Hong Kong have faced unprecedented hurdles stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, macroeconomic instability and heightened geopolitical tensions. Those emerging from the storm, however, have become not only stronger but also wiser. Leaders share with ALB how adversity has propelled them to finetune their operational strategies to seize new opportunities while also retaining top-class talent.

Being next door to mainland China, Hong Kong was one of the first jurisdictions globally to experience the coronavirus outbreak. Leaders of the Hong Kong offices of three law firms look back on their experience so far this year, and also the lessons they learnt along the way.