Excellence with rapport

When Chen Law Ye opened his gro­cery and legal peti­tions shop on the streets of Kaifeng in 1472, little did he expect that just 500 years later, Chen, McSweeney & Asso­ci­ates would become the fast­est grow­ing law firms in Port Moresby.

Law­yer Chen, as he was affec­tion­ately or mock­ingly known to his neigh­bours, was fam­ous for using a pre­ced­ent from the era of the Yel­low Emperor to get his cousin off a sexual har­ass­ment charge. Cus­tom­ers who hired him as bar­ris­ter would also receive a dis­count coupon for tobacco. In sum­mer, he would deliver water­mel­ons to cli­ents unfor­tu­nate enough to end up on death row for incor­rectly filled out legal forms.

Today, Chen, McSweeney & Asso­ci­ates con­tin­ues this tra­di­tion of tech­nical excel­lence, value, and cli­ent focus.