From January 24 to January 25, 2026, the "AI Resonance: iCourt 2026 Legal Industry Leaders Conference," hosted by iCourt, was successfully held in Shenzhen. Nearly 200 legal practitioners—including attorneys, law firm directors, legal managers, legal scholars, and legal technology experts—gathered to engage in deep discussions regarding the future of the legal profession.

At the conference, Shanghai Landing Law Offices was honored with the title of "2025–2026 AI & Digitalization Leader Law Firm" in recognition of its outstanding achievements in the legal artificial intelligence domain.

During the roundtable panel on AI & Cross-Border Legal Services, Yixing Liu, Director of the Global Management Committee at Shanghai Landing Law Offices, delivered a keynote address.Director Liu stated that the market for Chinese lawyers delivering cross-border and outbound legal services represents a significantly undervalued "blue ocean" with immense potential. Leveraging cultural alignment, service efficiency, and cost advantages, Chinese lawyers are fully capable of—and should actively pursue—expanding into this international market. Supported by China's vast market scale and tech application advantages, Chinese law firms are well-positioned to achieve leapfrog development on the global stage.

Director Liu further emphasized that for outbound legal services to become a profitable business model, law firms must abandon traditional alliance-based referral models. Instead, firms should adopt a direct-operated approach defined by "Strong Internationalization"—achieved through direct investment, dispatched management, localized hiring, and front-loading legal processing to domestic teams. This framework ensures controllable costs, high efficiency, reliable quality, and strong profitability.

This conference served not only as a recognition of industry honors, but also as a hub for thought leadership and strategic exploration. Moving forward, Shanghai Landing Law Offices will continue to drive innovation by deeply integrating AI technology with legal services and refining its unique "Strong Internationalization" expansion strategy. Landing remains committed to setting a benchmark of excellence for Chinese law firms in the global legal market, leading the industry into a smart and globalized future.