Edward Lehman Listed Among the Top 30 Hottest Lawyers in China

Beijing, China, December 23, 2005 --(PR.com)-- Edward E. Lehman, managing partner of Lehman, Lee & Xu, one of China’s premier law firms, has been listed among China’s Top 30 Hottest Lawyers by Asian Legal Business magazine (ALB). ALB is the only independent magazine dedicated to the latest legal news, events, and developments in the Asia-Pacific region. The magazine has a distribution of over 17,000, with wide readership among managing partners of Asia’s largest firms, and in-house counsel of multinationals.

Every year, ALB publishes a list of the Top 30 lawyers in China over the past 12 months, among the approximately 110,000 in China. This was the second year in a row in which Edward Lehman was selected. “I am honored to be selected and included among this group of professionals,” Mr. Lehman commented. The article endorses his skills by stating that he was selected, in other instances, “as one of the best advisers in banking, intellectual property, finance, foreign direct investment, infrastructure and corporate.”

Mr. Lehman attributes his success to the strong legal experience he has gained in China over the past 18 years, and his strong staff of attorneys. Mr. Lehman has grown the firm from a small one-office operation to a national firm with offices in nearly every major city in China. Recent expansions have resulted in offices in Hong Kong, Macau , and Mongolia. For the full text of the story, please visit http://www.lehmanlaw.com/news/2005_11/hottest_lawyer.pdf. You can contact Mr. Lehman at elehman@lehmanlaw.com. For further information on the firm and its managing partner, please visit www.lehmanlaw.com and www.elehman.com, respectively.

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