Watson & Band believes that pro bono work is an essential element of every attorney's professional responsibility and that lawyers possess unparalleled knowledge and skills which enable them to serve the disadvantaged and promote the public interest in ways that individuals from no other profession can. We therefore encourage our lawyers to render public interest legal service. Our lawyers are currently engaged in a variety of such endeavors, primarily including legal aid, legal seminars and lectures, and direct representation of low income individuals. As professionals, lawyers are obligated to serve society, propel the development of the judicial profession, and spread knowledge of the law to the public, all of which are key reasons for our support of pro bono services. A nation ruled by law vests its lawyers with the obligation to ensure the sound operation of the judicial system; in particular, to ensure that poor, children and the handicapped to receive greater legal protection. To this end, we encourage our lawyers to provide a certain number of hours of pro bono services every year.

　　We also support public interest legal service because it provides valuable experience for lawyers in the firm and because it gets lawyers actively involved in the community. An involvement in pro bono activities is an important factor in our ongoing evaluation of our attorneys, and a willingness to serve and become involved with the community evidences a level of maturity and professionalism that we highly commend.

　　We provide the same quality of representation to all clients in Pro Bono projects. We give Pro bono projects the same staffing, attention, and resources as any other project. Pro bono matters are represented by attorneys with the required knowledge and experience and are supervised by partners, with the full resources of the firm available for support.

　　We are members of a number of international and domestic associations, such as AIPPI, INTA, ICC, Shanghai Municipal Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, and Shanghai Intellectual Property Association, and we strive to develop and exploit Pro Bono projects in virtue of these associations.

For over a decade our team members have collaborated to stay on top of IP and corporate issues, helping clients improve operations, reduce costs, limit risks, enforce rights and achieve common business goals. For these reasons, the firm and its professionals are consistently recognized in client and peer-reviewed industry awards and rankings as being among the best.