China Esquire

I had the privilege of leading PubMatic’s $140M initial public offering (via traditional IPO) on December 9, 2020. After months of working long days, nights, and weekends, I am getting caught u...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2021/01/01/taking-my-company-public/

As you may have noticed, my China Esquire blog has gotten a major overhaul.  Why might you ask?  Because it got bloated over time–mostly by very annoying people highjacking (hacking) my blog....

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2018/08/07/nostalgia-why-else-would-i-resurrect-old-content/

Two events recently highlighted the decline for customer service and relationships in the services industry–and particularly in mine, which is legal services. First, I was having lunch with one...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2015/10/27/the-lost-art-of-client-relationships-and-customer-service/

I recently got back from Orlando for the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Annual Meeting 2012, which is the largest gathering of in-house counsel in the world. I co-presented a session entitl...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/10/12/why-good-service-matters/

Disclaimer: I received a free review copy of Chocolate Fortunes: The Battle for the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of China’s Consumers from the publisher, AMACOM. Again, a very overdue review. I r...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/04/11/book-review-chocolate-fortunes/

Dan Harris at CLB did a post that I really liked about term sheets entitled “China OEM Manufacturing Agreements. What Should Go In Your Term Sheet?”  Not that I don’t like Dan’s other...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/03/13/48/

Disclaimer: I received a free review copy of Managing the China Challenge: How to Achieve Corporate Success in the People’s Republic from the publisher. Apologies for such a late review on thi...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/03/12/book-review-managing-the-china-challenge/

I had just finished up my series entitled Looking for Sanity for Saas Contracts (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) when I received an issue of PLC Intellectual Property & Technology from Practical Law Com...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/02/23/looking-for-sanity-in-saas-contracts-an-epilogue/

Just some closing thoughts as I wind down this article. Ante Up If you’re going to be purchasing a serious SaaS or cloud service, chances are that there are going to be significant implementati...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/02/20/looking-for-sanity-in-saas-contracts-part-5-of-5/

I promised to give some practical advice about how to approach SaaS contracts. As you will probably find out, it’s just the same advice I would give about how to approach any contract that pass...

http://chinalawandbusiness.com/2012/02/16/looking-for-sanity-in-saas-contracts-part-4-of-5/