Local Business Law Expertise
How We’re Different
CBL offers fixed-priced legal services in plain English for the modern global business from experienced business lawyers in China. Clients say communication, cost, trust, and care are major frustrations with traditional law firms in China. That’s why we built CBL differently, integrating legal operations and language services, to provide operational support to our network of expert attorneys. We take care of staffing and translation so experts can provide affordable, top-tier advice.
Adrian is an experienced corporate lawyer with expertise in legal operations and many years on the ground in China, and also an ATA Certified Translator.
What We Offer
CBL caters to a full range of commercial law needs in China. Our network lawyers are specialists who bring extensive experience from working at leading law firms and corporations across China. We also integrate with other professional service partners throughout China, integrating tax, supply chain consulting, due diligence, and recruiting needs through a single point of contact.
Everything we do is on a flat-fee basis, so you will always know the total cost of your legal bill from the start. Our translation team provides access to top-tier local lawyers at significant savings—get up to 75% less than international law firms that use bilingual lawyers with US/UK degrees and work experience. The quality is better because our lawyers are 100% focused on China.
Jargon‑free and accurate legal advice is delivered by experienced China lawyers who are easy to work with, enabled by the translation and cross-cultural advisory support of our legal linguistics teams. CBL’s concierge service makes experts easy to reach and ensures you get regular matter updates. PRC lawyers empowered to communicate in their native language give actionable advice, and decision-grade clarity.
CBL hand‑picks versatile legal professionals to slot support your business in China, and don’t stop there. We remain hands on throughout the matter through our legal operations and legal services teams, reviewing and translating every word, thus monitoring assignments and ensuring service quality throughout the engagement.
Leveraging process and data, we measure key outcomes, cost efficiency, and service quality to assign providers a Balanced Scorecard. Continual monitoring of performance and behavioral signals provides relational enforcement to ensure continued cost-effective quality.
Integration Capabilities
CBL’s bench of exceptional local professionals gives clients access to deep China expertise across industries and practice areas. The team lawyers measure success in their contribution to your business transactions and disputes; when you win, we win. In other words: value comes first.
Your legal operations manager is an essential catalysts for efficiency that free managers to focus on core operations; they’ll reduce coordination friction and impose accountability on experts with a balanced scorecard. That translates to reduced costs, tighter control of risk, and more predictable dispute outcomes.
Connect with true legal specialists even if you don’t speak Mandarin. Our linguists translate your intent into mutual understanding, and local nuance into decision-grade clarity—without the confusing China jargon.