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• Salans closes Hong Kong office to focus on Shanghai

  May 10 2012 Salans has closed its Hong Kong office weeks after pulling out of Beijing as it shifts the focus of its China practice onto Shanghai. Salans has closed its Hong... more

• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Salans set to close down its Beijing office

  Apr 16 2012 Salans is set to shutter its Beijing office after the partnership voted to close the office in favor of a more intense focus on Shanghai. The Beijing office has... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch in Singapore

  Apr 12 2012 Squire Sanders has announced the imminent launch of a new office in Singapore, after receiving an operating license from the Attorney-General's Chambers. The... more

• Slaughter & May and Allen and Overy make annual promotions

  Apr 04 2012 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy have announced their annual partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two made up at Slaughters. Slaughters elevated... more

• Covington & Burling to launch in South Korea

  Mar 16 2012 Covington & Burling announced this week that it plans to launch a new base in Seoul, South Korea. Other international firms that have announced their intention to... more

• Nixon Peabody forms alliance with Chinese firm Hyland Law Firm

  Mar 15 2012 US firm Nixon Peabody has formed a strategic alliance with the Beijing-based Hylands Law Firm. The alliance affords Nixon Peabody a significant anchor in China, with... more

• Zhong Lun launches in London after hiring team from rival firm

  Feb 16 2012 Major Chinese law firm Zhong Lun has launched a new office in London after hiring the entire London team from breakaway firm Zhonglun W&D. Partners Xue Haibin, Li Lin... more

• Covington & Burling hires five lawyers for Shanghai Launch

  Feb 14 2012 Washington, D.C.-based firm Covington & Burling is waiting on regulatory approval for a new office in Shanghai, after hiring five lawyers from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... more

• HaoLiWen Partners launches a new office in Beijing

  Jan 02 2012 Shanghai-based HaoLiWen Partners has expanded with the launch of a new office in Beijing. The Beijing office will be led by three partners - Zhao Deming, Shao Tiemin... more

• Beijing-based firm Global Law Office launches in Shenzhen

  Nov 15 2011 Beijing firm Global Law Office has launched a new office in Shenzhen, which will focus primarily upon foreign investment and Hong Kong-PRC transactions. The... more

• Proskauer Rose launches office in Beijing

  Nov 11 2011 Proskauer Rose has launched an office in Beijing's Chaoyang District, after being granted regulatory approval by the Chinese authorities. The firm set its sights on... more

• Bingham McCutchen set to launch representative office in Beijing

  Nov 10 2011 US firm Bingham McCutchen is set to launch its first office in mainland China after receiving regulatory approval for a Beijing representative office from China’s... more

• DLA Piper boosts Beijing employment practice with Dell hire

  Nov 04 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Beijing employment practice in China with the hire of leading labour lawyer Chris Lin. Lin is set to join the firm as of counsel, after... more

• Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices continues expansion with Weil Gotshal hire

  Oct 19 2011 Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices has boosted its Beijing corporate practice with the hire of partner Jasson Han from Weil Gotshal & Manges. Han represents... more

• Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson hires former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office

  Oct 04 2011 Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson, an affiliate of Beijing's Zhong Lun Law Firm, has the former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office as a partner. Clifford Ng... more

• Reed Smith launches in Shanghai after Dorsey & Whitney hire

  Jul 12 2011 Pittsburgh based law firm Reed Smith has launched an office in Shanghai, marking its third office in Asia. The office will be led by new hire Jay Yan, who joins the... more

• Freshfields shifts partners and shuffles the management team

  Jun 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reolocated a number of partners across its global network, prompting a number of promotions to the firm’s management team.... more

• Luthra brings Forrester Research to India

  May 27 2011 Forrester Research, Inc. has acquired Springboard Research, a provider of research and advisory services focused on Asia Pacific and emerging markets. A former... more

• US firms flock to Hong Kong

  May 16 2011 US firms are flocking to Hong Kong with 46 of the top 100 US firms (by revenue) having a presence in the city. In the past year firms such as Locke Lord Bissell &... more

• Korean firm Yulchon set launch Beijing office

  May 06 2011 Korean law firm Yulchon is set to enter the Chinese legal market with an office in Beijing. Yulchon partner Jeong Yeon Ho said that the firm has been providing... more

• Clifford Chance focusses on Asia in 23-strong promotions round

  May 04 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the results of its 2011 partnership promotions round, elevating 23 lawyers to the partnership. The promotions reflect a strategic... more

• DLA Piper merges with DLA Phillips Fox to enter Australian market

  May 04 2011 International law firm DLA Piper has entered the Australian market after merging with local firm DLA Phillips Fox. The integration of the two firms bolsters DLA... more

• Freshfields boosts China practice with promotion and relocations

  May 02 2011 International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its China practice, promoting Hong Kong-based partner Teresa Ko to lead the practice and transferring... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 28 2011 Herbert Smith has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round – down from 18 last year. The firm has made up six lawyers in London, two... more

• Allens promotes 21 to partnership globally

  Apr 04 2011 Allen & Overy has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 18 last year. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe said: "Our partner... more

• Debevoise hires Council from Orrick for Shanghai base

  Feb 23 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the hire of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Wu comes to the firm from Orrick,... more

• US firm Littler Mendelson forms alliance in China

  Feb 22 2011 US law firm Littler Mendelson has announced an alliance with Chinese law firm TransAsia Lawyers. The move will allow Littler Mendelson to operate in tandem with... more

• Top UK firm Clifford Chance merges with two Australian firms

  Feb 17 2011 Clifford Chance, the UK’s highest-grossing law firm last year, has announced a merger with two Australian firms. Clifford Chance will join with Sydney firm Chang,... more

• UK firm Pinsent Masons forms alliance with Chinese firm

  Feb 09 2011 UK law firm Pinsent Masons has announced an exclusive alliance with the Chinese boutique Beijing Hesen Law Firm. The move bolsters Pinsents’ projects and construction... more

• Chinese firm Zhong Lun expands in Hong Kong and looks to New York

  Jan 26 2011 Beijing-based Zhong Lun, one of China's largest firms with more than 300 lawyers, is set to complete a merger in Hong Kong. Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong affiliate firm,... more

• US law firms look to emerging markets

  Jan 10 2011 The US market promises little growth this year, and law firms are looking to expand in the so-called BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China – along with... more

• White & Case promotes 35 lawyers to global partnership

  Oct 14 2010 US firm White & Case has promoted 35 lawyers to its partnership. “Our new partners are all outstanding lawyers, with diverse experience and expertise,” said White... more

• China's 'kid' law firms are growing up

  Oct 05 2010 Rupert Li, the International Managing Partner of Beijing-based firm King & Wood, describes his firm as being a ‘kid’ that is ‘light years behind’ the London and Wall... more

• Canadian firm Bennett Jones opens office in Beijing

  Sep 29 2010 Bennett Jones has opened the doors to a new office in Beijing – its first branch outside of Canada. The firm specializes in the oil and gas business, and will cater to... more

• Squires and Hammonds move toward transatalantic merger

  Sep 27 2010 Merger talks between US firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and UK firm Hammonds have progressed, and partners in both firms will probably have the chance to vote on the... more

• Mayer Brown bolsters China practice with double hire

  Aug 17 2010 Mayer Brown has boosted its Asia practice with the hire of two new partners. Xiang Yang Ge joins the firm from Winston & Strawn to take up a role as head of projects... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell launches HK domestic practice with double hire

  Aug 16 2010 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched a domestic law practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two new partners. Bonnie YT Chan and Antony Dapiran will head the... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell lead Agricultural Bank of China IPO

  Jul 19 2010 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has scored a leading role on the initial public offering for the Agricultural Bank of China, which launched late last week. The firm... more

• Dacheng Law Offices launches new Hong Kong practice

  Jun 29 2010 Beijing-based Dacheng Law Offices has opened the doors on a new Hong Kong office, where it will compete in the recent boom in finance and mergers. Dacheng is Asia’s... more

• Simmons appoints head of new Beijing office

  Jun 18 2010 Simmons & Simmons has appointed the head of its new Beijing office - Davis Wang of Chinese firm King & Wood. The Beijing office is set to become the hub of the firm’s... more

• Chinese firm Jun He opens office in Silicon Valley

  Jun 07 2010 Beijing-based firm Jun He Law Offices has opened an office in Silicon Valley, hiring three lawyers from US firms: James Zhu and Zhaohue “Zoe” Wang of Perkins Coie, and... more

• Simmons opens Beijing office

  Jun 01 2010 Simmons & Simmons is reorganising its operations in China, with plans to open a new office in Beijing that will serve as the firm’s main Chinese office. Simmons &... more

• Microsoft appoints new international head of IP

  Jun 01 2010 Microsoft has appointed Mark Cohen, previously a counsel at Jones Day’s Beijing office, as the director for international intellectual property. Cohen has worked... more

• King & Wood appoints new international managing partner

  May 07 2010 Beijing’s King & Wood has scooped up top talent Rupert Li, formerly a capital markets partner at Clifford Chance, and has appointed him as the firm’s international... more

• Lovells Beijing chief moves with the times

  Apr 29 2010 Robert Lewis, the managing partner of the Beijing office of Lovells, has announced plans to leave the firm to take up a post as head of international practice at... more

• A&O promotes 25 associates to counsel

  Apr 28 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 25 lawyers to counsel positions in their annual promotions round. This is a significant increase on last year’s numbers,... more

• Eversheds and NCTM grow in China

  Apr 23 2010 Eversheds and NCTM are both set to launch new offices in China. Italy's NCTM expects to receive license approval in the coming months, and intends to open the... more

• White & Case appoints counsel Baldwin Cheng to partnership

  Apr 21 2010 White & Case has promoted bank and finance restructuring counsel Baldwin Cheng to the partnership and has relocated him from Hong Kong to Beijing. The firm continues... more

• Latham & Watkins to launch in Beijing

  Jan 04 2010 Latham & Watkins LLP will open its fifth Asian office in Beijing - its third in China - joining other major law firms like Winston & Strawn LLP and Slaughter and May... more

• Group for Lawyers with an Interest in Chinese Law

  Sep 19 2009 No matter you are Chinese or foreigners,if you are interested in Chinese legal practice and friendly to China and Chinese, just join in! more

• Herbert Smith expands China arbitration practice

  Sep 09 2009 Herbert Smith partner Justin D'Agostino will relocate from London to Hong Kong where he will work with the disputes teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing and with... more

• PRC law firms take top spots in Asia M&A ranking for first time

  Aug 26 2009 Beijing-based law firms Commerce & Finance and Deheng took the top two spots of the Asia-Pacific M&A league table by value in the first half of 2009 --- the first time... more

• Bird & Bird enters alliance with Chinese firm Xiang Kung

  Aug 25 2009 UK law firm Bird & Bird has formed an alliance with Beijing bases IP boutique Xiang Kung Law Firm, in a move to strengthen its contentious capabilities in China. In... more

• Chinese law firm strive for global reach

  Jul 22 2009 In recent months, a number of other domestic Chinese law firms like Dacheng, Gaopeng & Partners, King & Wood have broadened their international expertise and increased... more

• Chinese human rights law firm Yitong closed for six months

  Feb 24 2009 Officials ordered well-known Beijing human rights law firm Yitong Law Office to cease operations for six months for allegedly allowing a lawyer in the firm to practice... more

• Chinese law firm Guantao opens in Hong Kong

  Feb 10 2009 Beijing-headquartered law firm Guantao has opened an new office in Hong Kong, its first international branch. The Hong Kong branch, which is the firm's eighth... more

• Herbert Smith changes Asia management and construction group chief

  Jan 09 2009 Herbert Smith has established two new regional management roles in Asia. Hong Kong corporate partner Andrew Tortoishell will become Greater China Managing Partner,... more

• US law firms in Chinese corruption probe

  Nov 06 2008 According to Chinese media, special government investigators are reviewing investments cases in which two US-based law firms are involved. Media sources did not name... more

• Beijing-based law firm MMLC Group opens Australian office

  Oct 08 2008 PRC law firm MMLC Group has opened its first Australian office in Brisbane, to meet the growing demand for cross-border work between China and Australia. Firm founder... more

• Slaughter and May moves in with friends in Beijing

  Sep 23 2008 Slaughter and May has announced plans to apply for a licence to set up an office in Beijing and co-locate with two of its “best friend” firms, De Brauw Blackstone... more

• Proskauer launches in Hong Kong and Beijing with two Heller partners

  Sep 10 2008 Proskauer Rose has secured its long-awaited Asia launch after hiring a two-partner team in Beijing from Heller Ehrman, including chief representative partner Joseph... more

• Chinese lawyer puts Microsoft in the hot seat

  Aug 27 2008 Dong Zhengwei, a partner with Beijing-based Zhongyin law firm, has attracted the attention of multinational corporate executives and the legal community alike. One... more

• US law firms continue China expansion

  Aug 16 2008 US firm Dechert has been granted a licence to open an office in Beijing, its first in mainland China, the firm has said in a statement. So far this year, ten US firms... more

• Covington launches first Asia office in Beijing

  Jul 24 2008 US law firm Covington & Burling has launched its first office in Asia, with its former management chair Stuart Stock heading the team in Beijing. The news comes... more

• Bullivant Houser Bailey aligns with Chinese law firm Lehman Lee Xu

  Jul 15 2008 The two firms will provide People's Republic of China corporate clients with greater access to foreign capital markets and funding. Portland-based Bullivant Houser... more

• Salans law firm opens Beijing office

  Jul 11 2008 Salans, an international law firm with offices in 19 cities worldwide, has opened a second office in China, this time in Beijing. It already has an office in Shanghai.... more

• Salans announces strategic expansion in China

  Jun 10 2008 Salans has announced a wide ranging development of its Asian strategy. Building on the firm's emerging markets practices and its presence in Shanghai, Salans is now... more

• Weil Gotshal to open in Beijing

  Jun 09 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges has continued its emerging markets push after confirming that it has received a license to practise in Beijing. Steve Xiang – who heads up the... more

• Salans granted licence to open new Beijing office

  May 24 2008 Salans, the international law firm with offices across 19 cities worldwide, has announced that it has obtained the licence from the PRC Ministry of Justice to open a... more

• Major Australian law firms expanding in China

  May 17 2008 Australian law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has opened its third office in China and now has 130 lawyers in China working from offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and now... more

• Italian Law Firm Chiomenti bags six Asian offices with China merger

  Apr 24 2008 Italian firm Chiomenti has boosted its Asian practice after signing a merger deal with Sino-Italian firm Birindelli & Associati, adding six new offices in Asia.... more

• Freshfields strengthens corporate team in China

  Apr 20 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the appointment of Calvin Lai and Antony Dapiran as partners in the firm’s corporate practice group. They will be based in... more

• Fulbright’s Presence in Asia Grows By Five Lawyers

  Apr 05 2008 Five lawyers in Beijing and Hong Kong have been added to Fulbright’s Asian presence as the international firm continues enhancing its strategic network of global... more

• Davis Polk raids O’Melveny & Myers for Beijing head

  Apr 03 2008 Davis Polk & Wardwell has ramped up its China M&A capability with the hire of Howard Zhang, the former Beijing managing partner O’Melveny & Myers. Zhang is well known... more

• Taylor Wessing gets set for Beijing launch

  Mar 19 2008 Europe-focused law firm Taylor Wessing is preparing to open a new office in Beijing, which will build on its existing Shanghai office when its second licence is... more

• Taylor Wessing set for Beijing launch

  Mar 09 2008 Taylor Wessing is set to open an office in Beijing as soon as the green light is given by the Chinese authorities. Taylor Wessing's launch in Beijing is still subject... more

• Former DLA Asia head Seddon joins Heller Ehrman

  Mar 06 2008 Heller Ehrman has hired former DLA Piper Asia head Nick Seddon to lead its four offices in the region as Asian managing partner. The move comes after Seddon... more

• Reed Smith Expands in China by Adding a Dewey & LeBoeuf Beijing Office

  Feb 28 2008 Reed Smith continued its expansion into China with the addition of a Beijing office of recently merged Dewey & LeBoeuf. The firm will get two partners and what it said... more

• Aussie-German alliance to attack Chinese market

  Dec 14 2007 Sydney-based firm Gray & Perkins has entered into an alliance with German firm Brandi Dršge Piltz Heuer & Gronemeyer (BDPHG) with the pair seeking to tap into the... more