{"id":134757,"date":"2025-10-07T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/07\/this-elite-firm-wont-be-joining-biglaws-china-exodus\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:07:50","slug":"this-elite-firm-wont-be-joining-biglaws-china-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/07\/this-elite-firm-wont-be-joining-biglaws-china-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"This Elite Firm Won\u2019t Be Joining Biglaw\u2019s China Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>China is going to be a very relevant trade player to the world. We\u2019re a global firm that caters to G-20 economies\u2014we\u2019re not an American firm\u2014so we are playing that long game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoganlovells.com\/en\/miguel-zaldivar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel Zaldivar<\/a>, CEO of Hogan Lovells, in comments given to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/hogan-lovells-bucks-china-exodus-trend-playing-long-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the firm\u2019s intentions to remain a driving force in China, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/china\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw\u2019s overall retreat<\/a> from the country. \u201cI\u2019m trying to continue to recruit talent from the American firms that are pulling out of China,\u201d Zaldivar said. \u201cSo every time the Americans pull out of China, we take a look.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/this-elite-firm-wont-be-joining-biglaws-china-exodus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Elite Firm Won\u2019t Be Joining Biglaw\u2019s China Exodus<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>China is going to be a very relevant trade player to the world. We\u2019re a global firm that caters to G-20 economies\u2014we\u2019re not an American firm\u2014so we are playing that long game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoganlovells.com\/en\/miguel-zaldivar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel Zaldivar<\/a>, CEO of Hogan Lovells, in comments given to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/hogan-lovells-bucks-china-exodus-trend-playing-long-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the firm\u2019s intentions to remain a driving force in China, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/china\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw\u2019s overall retreat<\/a> from the country. \u201cI\u2019m trying to continue to recruit talent from the American firms that are pulling out of China,\u201d Zaldivar said. \u201cSo every time the Americans pull out of China, we take a look.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/this-elite-firm-wont-be-joining-biglaws-china-exodus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Elite Firm Won\u2019t Be Joining Biglaw\u2019s China Exodus<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. China is going to be a very relevant trade player to the world. We\u2019re a global firm that caters to G-20 economies\u2014we\u2019re not an American firm\u2014so we are playing that long game. \u2014 Miguel Zaldivar, CEO of Hogan Lovells, in comments given to Bloomberg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Staci-Zaretsky-uxfWva.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}