OREANDA-NEWS.  October 24, 2012. Earlier, HK China Law & Practice ("CLP") honored ICBC Legal Affairs Department with the title of "In-House Team of the Year 2012 - Financial Institutions". ICBC was the only financial institution from China to win the award, reported the press-centre of ICBC.

This is also another award from organizations outside China to the Legal Affairs Department subsequent to the "Banking and Financial Service In-House Team of the Year" for three consecutive years (2008-2010) from the Asia Legal Business, and "2006-2010 Best Performing Unit in Nationwide Law Promotion" from the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Justice in 2011.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CLP is respected in the industry with rich experience in collating and commenting on the laws in China in English and Chinese, keeping abreast of the legal developments in China and providing legal services and information (including ranking of legal firms and in-house teams). Every year, CLP invites independent professionals to screen out the top deals, top in-house teams and top law firms in key practices areas. CLP awards are the most prestigious and authoritative in the legal service sector. The CLP judging panel unanimously agreed to give the award to ICBC who won over many financial institutions in the final round.