{"id":134044,"date":"2025-09-29T04:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/29\/why-have-law-firms-given-up-on-half-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:07:20","slug":"why-have-law-firms-given-up-on-half-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/29\/why-have-law-firms-given-up-on-half-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Have Law Firms Given Up on Half the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asia is the largest continent by area and population, accounting for close to 60% of the world&#8217;s population. And China as an economic force is not going away. So why has so much of Big Law walked away?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/925522031\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/925522031\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2F6a%2F9855ca36494d9eaca10889243778%2Fadobestock-1384268288-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Asia is the largest continent by area and population, accounting for close to 60% of the world&#8217;s population. And China as an economic force is not going away. So why has so much of Big Law walked away?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/925522031\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/925522031\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2F6a%2F9855ca36494d9eaca10889243778%2Fadobestock-1384268288-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/925522031\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia is the largest continent by area and population, accounting for close to 60% of the world&#8217;s population. 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