China Business Law Journal is being launched by Vantage Asia Publishing Limited, an independent publisher based in Hong Kong. The journal will be published 10 times a year (monthly with the exception of combined issues for July/August and December/January) in a fully-bilingual format. The launch issue is provisionally scheduled for September 2009.

Our editorial team

China Business Law Journal’s editorial team includes China-focused professionals with more than 40 years’ combined experience in leading media groups and a top international law firm.

The journal’s editor, Robin Weir, is a solicitor qualified in England and Wales. Robin has unique experience in both legal practice and legal publishing. Prior to joining Vantage Asia, he worked as an associate in the corporate department of Linklaters in London, and, as a Mandarin speaker, spent time in Linklaters’ Beijing office. Earlier in his career, he worked in Hong Kong and Beijing for seven years and was the editor of the journals China Joint Venturer and China Staff. Robin speaks and reads Chinese and has a degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Cambridge.

China Business Law Journal’s executive editor is Chris Hunter, a distinguished legal commentator with over 20 years’ experience working with publishing organizations covering China. Prior to joining Vantage Asia in early 2007, his most recent position was with the Financial Times Group (Asia). He was the managing editor of China Law & Practice from 1993 to 1998 and consultant editor from 1998 to 2001.

Additional guidance and vision is provided by China Business Law Journal’s editorial board. Members include prominent business leaders, lawyers and academics from a diverse range of China-based and international organizations including the Bank of China, AT&T, Google, TCL, Danone, China Life Insurance, Motorola, Citibank, Jones Lang LaSalle, Standard Chartered, Sony Ericsson, Marriot and many others. (Click here for the full list of editorial board members.)

Our company

Vantage Asia specializes in the provision of high-end business and legal intelligence to senior corporate managers around the world. Our publications are read by the top echelons of the international business, legal and financial professions and our subscribers are leading global corporations, financial institutions, law firms and business advisers.

In addition to China Business Law Journal, Vantage Asia publishes India Business Law Journal, a specialist monthly magazine focusing on business and legal developments in India. Since its launch in June 2007, India Business Law Journal has become the leading source of intelligence to India-based and international businesses and law firms as they adapt and expand to take advantage of India’s rapid economic growth and increasing openness to the world of cross-border transactions.

The company is also in the process of launching The Intelligent Outsourcer, an innovative new publication that will offer otherwise-unavailable guidance on the successful structuring, implementation and management of outsourcing solutions in Asia.