Normally, advising a sovereign state in a major dispute with another nation would be a prestigious, highly sought-after assignment for a law firm. But when the adverse party is China, there are different calculations to take into account.
“I doubt we would want to get involved with something like that,” says one Hong Kong-based litigation partner with a large international law firm. “There could be ramifications.”
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