On August 19, the Asian Legal Business(ALB), an internationally renowned legal media owned by Thomson Reuters, published the list of "2020 ALB China Fastest Growing Firms", Chance Bridge Partners made the list with outstanding performance over the past year. 

The ALB China Fastest Growing Firms List recognizes the firms that grew fastest, had the most growth strategies, and had the best overall market performance of the year. ALB shall, on an annual basis, conduct surveys, rankings and appraisals of law firms and lawyers in Asia Pacific and other economically hot countries and regions, and finally select the authoritative list. 

Chance Bridge Partners was founded in 2011, adhering to the concept of professional and international development, after nine years of development, Chance Bridge Partners has gradually developed into a professional law firm with a certain scale. Over the past 12 months, Chance Bridge Partners has achieved remarkable results in terms of business growth, professionalism, firm layout expansion, and other dimensions. This honor reflects ALB's recognition of Chance Bridge Partners for its steady progress, progressive development and achievements in its core business areas in recent years. 

In recent years, Chance Bridge Partners has won numerous awards from ALB in succession, including China Boutique Law Firm in 2019, Employer of Choice in 2018, Rising Law Firm of the Year in 2018, ALB China Client Choice Top 20 Lawyers 2016 ( Ning Zhu), and Employer of Choice in 2015.

Ning Zhu, managing partner of Chance Bridge Partners, also shared the development trend, current position and future prospects of Chance Bridge Partners in an interview with ALB. In terms of the number of employees, Zhu Shared that 29 lawyers joined Chance Bridge last year. While actively recruiting new talent, Chance Bridge also offers young lawyers opportunities for professional growth and development, two young lawyers were promoted to partners in January this year. In terms of areas of practice and business development, Zhu pointed out that in recent years, Chance Bridge has made remarkable progress in its core areas of practice--capital market and finance. "Since last year, we have provided professional services for several major commercial banks, including China Construction Bank, China CITIC Bank, and Minsheng Bank, as well as trust companies, securities companies, and asset management companies. And we have made great breakthroughs in capital market, banking and finance related dispute resolutions," Zhu said. And thirdly, regarding the expansion of law firms,  Zhu said that we have already made plans to open three branches in the next two years. This year, Chance Bridge Partners will start the establishment of Shanghai and Hainan offices and plans to open Shenzhen office in the second half of next year. Furthermore, Chance Bridge has joined the Alliott Group, becoming the first Chinese mainland law firm member of the alliance, to actively lay the foundation for setting up offices abroad in the future and actively develop international cooperation.

The Asian Legal Business (ALB), a legal magazine owned by Thomson Reuters, is one of the most influential legal media in the world. The ALB legal Award is the benchmark of the global legal community, and its uation of Asian law firms is recognized by the legal community as fair and objective. The magazine provides legal rating services throughout Asia and Oceania, through rigorous research and uation system, select well-known law firms, outstanding legal service team and top lawyers in all fields of law. Due to the fairness and transparency of the selection mechanism, ALB legal award has a global influence and high authority, and is one of the most reliable references for global clients to seek excellent legal services.