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IV. Demand for Legal Services in the GBA

familiar with their respective work practices, making communication and assistance easier, and more conducive

to long-term and in-depth exchanges and cooperations in the future.
future.

Modes of cooperation between Mainland law
Modes of cooperation between Mainland law
firms and Hong Kong legal practitioners
firms and Hong Kong legal practitioners
Others
4%
Others
Information sharing 4%
Joint ventures
16%
24%
Casework
Casework
collaboration
collaboration
56%
56%
Joint ventures
24%
Information sharing
16%

Joint ventures
Others
Casework collaboration Information sharing Information sharing Others
Casework collaboration
Joint ventures

Modes of cooperation between Hong Kong law
firms and Mainland law firms

Referrals to Mainland law firms 64.2%

Set up representative offices in the Mainland 45.3%

Partnership associations with Mainland law firms 37.7%

Dispatch personnel to practice in Mainland law
firms as GBA lawyers 30.2%

Others 7.6%

(As there are various modes of cooperation between Mainland law firms and Hong Kong legal practitioners,
(As there are various modes of cooperation between Mainland law firms and Hong Kong legal
the relevant question in the questionnaire allows multiple choices, leading to a statistical result of more than
practitioners, the relevant question in the questionnaire allows multiple choices, leading to a
100%.)
statistical result of more than 100%.)

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4.2.1 Demand for GBA lawyers to handle cases

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