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‘Extremely good with exceptional depth’, Lily Zhang’s biggest challenge, she says, is ‘providing excellent legal support for the rapidly-evolving and growing business’. During her time with Alibaba Cloud she has taken steps to improve communication between the legal and business teams, and with it heighten the legal function’s involvement in decision-making. She sees the development of her 10-strong legal team as one of her major professional achievements to date and says ‘dealing with a group of young, energetic and very talented people’ is one of the high points of her work.