Currently, with the continuous deepening of China's high-level opening-up and the promotion of the " Belt and Road " initiative, the scale of China-Africa trade and investment is steadily increasing, and Chinese enterprises are accelerating their pace of " going global ," leading to an increasingly urgent need for professional, localized, and collaborative cross-border legal services. As an ecosystem deeply rooted in the field of foreign-related legal services and focusing on empowering enterprises throughout the entire overseas process, the Kunpeng Overseas Ecosystem has always taken building a bridge for enterprise overseas services as its core mission. This collaboration with African legal services is a precise response to the core needs of enterprises going global and a further upgrade of the ecosystem's service capabilities.
According to the cooperation agreement, both parties will establish a two-way collaborative cooperation mechanism: As the preferred legal service delivery partner of the Kunpeng Going Global ecosystem in Africa, Africa Lawyers Resource Network will leverage its pan-African legal technology platform, which covers 45+ African countries, has 90+ partner law firms and 3500+ legal professionals, to provide Kunpeng Going Global ecosystem and its Chinese clients with full-scenario African legal services, including market access, cross-border investment, contract compliance, intellectual property protection, and dispute resolution. Through standardized delivery processes and centralized supervision, the platform will ensure service quality and efficiency, effectively reducing the legal operating costs of companies in Africa.
This collaboration not only supplements the Kunpeng Overseas ecosystem with high-quality legal service resources covering the entire African continent, but also achieves a multi-dimensional upgrade of the ecosystem's service capabilities. Previously, the Kunpeng Overseas ecosystem had already established a comprehensive service system for enterprises going global. This deep collaboration with African law authorities extends legal services to key African jurisdictions, filling a gap in the ecosystem's localized legal services in Africa and forming a full- chain cross-border legal service capability encompassing " demand matching , resource allocation , professional delivery , and comprehensive follow-up . " Simultaneously, both parties will jointly conduct legal market intelligence research and industry exchanges, providing overseas companies with cutting-edge interpretations of African laws and policies and market dynamics, helping them accurately grasp African market opportunities, mitigate legal risks in cross-border operations, and strengthen their compliance defenses for going global.
Chen Dong, the head of the Kunpeng Overseas Ecosystem, stated that this agreement with the African Lawyers Resource Network is a significant step in the ecosystem's commitment to its core mission of " empowering enterprises to go global efficiently and safely . " Moving forward, the ecosystem will leverage this collaboration to continuously integrate high-quality global service resources, deepen Sino-African cross-border legal service cooperation, and continuously improve its end-to-end service system for Chinese enterprises going global, covering diverse areas such as law, compliance, and investment consulting. This will provide stronger support for Chinese enterprises expanding into the African market, helping them achieve high-quality development amidst the wave of Sino-African cooperation and promoting the continuous improvement of the Chinese enterprises' overseas ecosystem.
About the Kunpeng Globalization Ecosystem
Kunpeng Globalization Ecosystem ( KGE ) is a one-stop service platform for Chinese brands going global, jointly initiated by leading institutions and enterprises in the industry, including the International Communication Working Committee of the China Advertising Association, Intellectual Property Publishing House, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration Europe and Africa Center, School of Advertising and Brand of Communication University of China, Guangdong Advertising Group, Anli Law Firm, and Zhongda Consulting. It was launched on October 24 , 2025 at the 32nd China International Advertising Festival and officially launched globally on November 26 of the same year at the BRICS Brand Forum in Dubai.
The ecosystem is based on the concept of " aggregating resources, empowering overseas expansion, and achieving global win-win results . " Its core mission is to respond to national policies supporting enterprises to go global, address the pain points of Chinese enterprises going global that are " scattered, weak, and slow , " and help Chinese enterprises move from " product export " to " brand export . "
With official endorsement and a full-chain service system, the ecosystem covers multiple core sectors: intellectual property services, overseas talent services, brand strategy consulting, integrated advertising and communication, and cross-border legal services. It achieves full-cycle coverage from compliance layout to brand communication, and from talent support to legal protection, truly realizing " one-stop service across the entire network " .
Its core advantage lies in its integration of resources from government, industry, academia, media, and law, its international service network, its focus on key overseas markets such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America, its deep cooperation with international organizations such as the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, and its practical approach to providing overseas services for companies in various industries. It has accumulated replicable benchmark cases and become a " united fleet " for Chinese brands going global , helping Chinese companies enhance their international competitiveness and global influence.
About AfricanLaw
Incorporated in the UAE, operating under the name AfricanLaw , with its registered office in Dubai, UAE, and an operations office in Kigali, Rwanda, it operates a legal technology platform covering Africa (website: africanlaw.africa ). It connects certified lawyers, law firms, and intellectual property agents in over 45 jurisdictions across Africa, with over 90 partner law firms and more than 3,500 legal professionals .
