CPA Global Plans Further Asian Expansion

ST HELIER, Jersey - CPA Global, the world’s leading provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and outsourced legal support, is targeting further expansion in Asia, with a particular focus on the growing China market.

The company, which already has a significant presence in India and successful business alliances in Japan and Korea, today announced the opening of a new Hong Kong office to spearhead its business development in North and South East Asia.

The Hong Kong office is headed by Joanne Hon, CPA Global’s Head of Business Development for North and South East Asia. Ms Hon’s initial focus will be on business development in Hong Kong, China and other key Asian markets such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

CPA Global’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Sewell, said: “Having a presence in Hong Kong provides CPA Global with an important gateway to Asia and the huge potential of the mainland China market, which is experiencing robust growth in intellectual property activity in line with the country’s phenomenal economic development.”

Added Joanne Hon: “There is a wealth of opportunity for CPA Global in Asia. Our Hong Kong office will help us better serve the needs of our clients who are already operating in the region, while, at the same time, bring our expertise and quality service to a whole new range of companies and organisations that are based throughout North and South East Asia.”

Founded in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1969, CPA Global today serves clients in over 100 countries, employing more than 1,200 people across a global network of 16 offices in eight countries. The company has two state-of-the-art IP and legal outsourcing delivery centres in Delhi, India, with a combined workforce of around 550 people. Together with our successful alliances with NGB in Japan and Markpro in Korea, our Hong Kong office provides a strong base from which to develop our business in North Asia and South East Asia.

Joanne Hon recently joined CPA Global from Thomson Reuters, where she was Global Head of Proprietary Research. This followed a number of roles with Thomson Reuters in Hong Kong since 2000, including Head of Investment Management in Asia, Regional Director of Broker Relations & Commercial Content Support and Director of Content Management Asia. Ms Hon previously worked as an Associate with Merrill Lynch Private Clients Group and as a Fund Management Investment Executive with Worldsec Asset Management.

About CPA Global

With clients in over 100 countries, CPA Global is one of the world’s leading providers of legal process outsourcing (www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing) (LPO) services. Now celebrating its 40th year of operations, CPA Global provides lifecycle management services for intellectual property (www.cpaglobal.com) such as patent (www.cpaglobal.com/patents), design and trademark searching, watching, renewals, and portfolio strategy. CPA Global is also a leader in the growing market for outsourced document review ( www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/document_review), contract management ( www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/contract_management) and litigation support services, helping law firms and corporations to realise value by managing risk, cost and capacity. Founded in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1969, CPA Global today employs more than 1,200 people in 16 offices in eight countries. For further information, please visit: www.cpaglobal.com

Media Contacts CPA Global UK: Steve Clark, +44(0)1784-224-351, sclark@cpaglobal.com. Rob Coveney, +44(0)1784-224-557, rcoveney@cpaglobal.com. US: Julie Mandell, +1-571-227-7025, jmandell@cpaglobal.com. HK: Joanne Hon, +852-3558-2118, jhon@cpaglobal.com.

Related links:

www.cpaglobal.com

www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing

www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/document_review

www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/contract_management

www.cpaglobal.com/patents

Source: CPA Global

Media Contacts: CPA Global: UK: Steve Clark, +44(0)1784-224-351, sclark at cpaglobal.com. Rob Coveney, +44(0)1784-224-557, rcoveney at cpaglobal.com. US: Julie Mandell, +1-571-227-7025, jmandell at cpaglobal.com. HK: Joanne Hon, +852-3558-2118, jhon at cpaglobal.com.