Law News

Add news

Search results for tag "China"

• Kirkland & Ellis expands in China

  Nov 06 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its China practice with the hire of partner Xiaoyang Li from Beijing's Jun He Law Offices who will initially be based in Hong Kong. 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

• Practicing lawyers in China reach 140,000

  Oct 27 2008 The total number of practicing lawyers in China has reached 140,000 and there are now over 14,000 law firms in China, according to news from the 7th National Lawyers... more

• China: New registration requirements for foreign enterprises

  Oct 24 2008 One of the methods of establishing a presence in China used by foreign companies is the representative office. A new Draft Regulation on the Registration of Resident... more

• Mallesons snares Clifford Chance partner Martyn Huckerby in Shanghai

  Oct 22 2008 Mallesons Stephen Jaques announced the appointment of competition partner Martyn Huckerby to its Shanghai office. Martyn has experience in competition and... more

• Partner exodus from Allen & Overy to Latham & Watkins in Hong Kong

  
  Oct 17 2008 Seven corporate partners in Allen & Overy’s Hong Kong office have quit the firm to join Latham & Watkins, including Asia corporate chief Michael Liu and China group head... more
  
  

• Legal outsourcing to India and China surges in financial crisis

  Oct 17 2008 Legal process outsourcing (LPO) is shining amid the market turmoil, as law firms seek to cut down on costs by outsourcing work to offices in China and India... more

• Law firms slow Asia expansion

  
  Oct 10 2008 The Asian legal market is starting to feel the effects of the credit crunch with partners no longer viewing the region as safe from the effects of the global downturn... 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

• Eversheds set for Hong Kong office launch

  
  Sep 26 2008 Eversheds will be launching an office in Hong Kong after hiring Heller Ehrman head of Asia Nick Seddon. 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

• Skadden advises Coca-Cola Co. on $2.4 billion China deal

  
  Sep 10 2008 Coca-Cola Co. tapped Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for corporate work on its $2.4 billion cash offer for China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. Skadden lawyers Martha McGarry... more
  
  

• Clifford Chance advises on French-Chinese nuclear energy deal

  
  Sep 02 2008 Clifford Chance is advising French energy company Electricite de France (EDF) on its joint venture agreement with the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) to construct,... 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

• Chinese companies eyeing Wall Street generate opportunities for US law firms

  
  Aug 19 2008 As Chinese public companies migrate to the major IS stock exchanges from smaller trading venues, they're seeking increasingly sophisticated legal counsel and generating... 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

• US firms Thelen Reid and Wilson Sonsini hire securities lawyers in Shanghai

  Aug 12 2008 Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has announced the appointment of senior securities lawyer Woon-Wah Siu, formerly with Chicago’s Bell Boyd & Lloyd. Former... more

• Ashurst will send Geoffrey Green to Hong Kong to launch new office

  Aug 05 2008 Ashurst is to launch its first-ever office in China and has picked current senior partner Geoffrey Green to spearhead the initiative. The silver circle firm is... more

• O'Melveny signs up White & Case partner Fairbairn for Hong Kong office

  
  Aug 04 2008 O’Melveny & Myers has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency capabilities with the hire of White & Case partner Mark Fairbairn for the firm’s Hong Kong office, Legalweek... more
  
  

• O’Melveny Asia M&A head Puff joins Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office

  
  Aug 04 2008 Former O’Melveny and Myers’ Asia head of M&A practice Gregory Puff has rejoined global law firm Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Puff was an... more
  
  

• China's cartel law to fine foreign offenders

  Jul 30 2008 Foreign companies accused of operating cartels in China could be fined at least 1 per cent of global turnover under new competition laws to be introduced there this... more

• Simmons & Simmons strengthens Asia ADR practice with new Hong Kong partner

  Jul 29 2008 To boost the support for Asian clients who are increasingly investing in the Middle East and Middle Eastern clients who are looking to do business in Asia, Simmons &... more

• Antitrust rules in Asia stir law firms

  Jul 25 2008 Global law firms are scrambling to strengthen their pan-Asian competition practices. Law firms expect a sharp rise in requests from multi-national corporations eager... 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 just days... 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 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

• Growing interest from law firms to join alliances in Asia

  Jun 30 2008 As more Asian economies reach a level of maturity that enables local corporations to look for investments beyond their national borders, global law firm associations... more

• Norton Rose lures Clifford Chance Shanghai partner Justin Wilson

  
  Jun 29 2008 Norton Rose has announced that Justin Wilson will join the firm as a partner in the Shanghai office. Wilson joins from Clifford Chance Shanghai where he was a counsel... more
  
  

• Three lawyers elevated to partnership in Sidley’s Hong Kong and PRC offices

  Jun 29 2008 Sidley Austin has announced a bumper crop of 34 new partners, three of these - Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, Scott Dennis Peterman, and Chen Yang - are Asia based. The bulk of... more

• Slaughter and May upgrades China and India secondment program

  Jun 19 2008 Slaughter and May is set to strengthen its ties in the emerging markets with the magic circle law firm looking to upgrade its secondment program to help build its... more

• Spanish giant Cuatrecasas in Shanghai move

  Jun 11 2008 Spanish giant Cuatrecasas is to open an office in Shanghai, having last week received regulatory clearance from the Chinese Government. 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... more

• Gide advises China's CMEC on US$5billion iron ore project in Gabon

  May 31 2008 Gide Loyrette Nouel has advised China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC) in Gabon in connection with the development of the Bélinga... more

• Lovells bags new firm for Sino-Global Alliance

  
  May 23 2008 The Lovells-backed Sino-Global Legal Alliance (SGLA) has been strengthened with the addition of another Chinese firm, with Chengdu’s Tahota Law Firm due to come on board in July. 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

• Chinese trademark filings increase

  May 05 2008 For the seventh straight year, China-based companies have increased the number of new filings for trademarks in the US. A Dechert report reveals Chinese companies... 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

• China's Merger Proposal Draws Fire

  Apr 21 2008 On Sunday, the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law fired off a litany of complaints to China's State Council Legislative Affairs Office, which is... more

• K&L Gates opens in Shanghai

  Apr 21 2008 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis (K&L Gates) has launched an office in Shanghai – its fourth base in Asia – as the US firm continues to build up its... 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 Hong... more
  
  

• Freshfields bolsters Hong Kong with Sullivan hire

  
  Apr 17 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Hong Kong outpost has hired US securities and M&A special counsel Calvin Lai from Sullivan & Cromwell's local office. He will join Freshfields... 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... more

• Taylor Wessing Bags China IPO First

  Mar 28 2008 Taylor Wessing’s Paris office has picked up the main role on China Corn Oil’s listing on the NYSE Euronext’s Alternext market; the first Chinese company to ever... more

• EU leaders urged to speak out on China

  Mar 26 2008 European leaders should not shy away from criticising China's recent crackdown on protests in Tibet out of fear of damaging economic relations with Beijing, the... 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

• 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 was an... more
  
  

• Skadden starts up in Shanghai

  
  Feb 15 2008 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is opening a brand in Shanghai, the New York firm’s third office in the China region. The US giant is to officially open next week by... more
  
  

• DLA Piper gains new access to China's official foreign direct investment strategies

  
  Feb 14 2008 Hong Kong - Rocky Lee, Partner and Head of DLA Piper's China Venture Capital and Private Equity practice, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the China Council for International... more
  
  

• US arrests 4 suspects in China espionage cases

  Feb 12 2008 A former Chinese-American engineer at Boeing was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing corporate trade secrets related to the Space Shuttle and other aerospace... more

• China ready to block BHP takeover bid for Rio Tinto in court

  Feb 03 2008 The Chinese government is preparing to launch an unprecedented legal challenge against BHP's planned $130bn takeover bid for Rio Tinto. High-ranking officials from the... more

• Greenberg the Latest U.S. Firm to Enter China

  Feb 01 2008 Following a growing trend among U.S. law firms, Greenberg Traurig recently opened an office in China. The Shanghai office is headed up by Peter A. Neumann, a lawyer... more

• Lovells revamps Hong Kong team with White & Case hire

  
  Jan 30 2008 Lovells corporate team in Asia has hired merchant banking and structured credit partner Fred Chang from Wall Street firm White & Case. Chang advises financial institutions on... more
  
  

• Clifford Chance partner Stuart Popham joins Gordon Brown on visit to China and India

  
  Jan 20 2008 Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham is accompanying prime minister Gordon Brown on his current trip to India and China as the only representative of the legal... more
  
  

• China's Tangled New Labor Law

  Jan 14 2008 China's new employment law effective Jan. 1 attempts to provide greater protection and benefits for more workers. But what we are already seeing is the creativity of... more

• Emerging markets fuel Mayer Brown's global growth

  
  Jan 04 2008 Mayer Brown's global ambitions received a much-needed boost late last month when the Chicago law firm announced it will join forces with a 260-lawyer Hong Kong-based firm... more
  
  

• Mayer Brown merging with Hong Kong’s JSM

  
  Dec 22 2007 US-based international law firm Mayer Brown and Hong Kong’s Johnson, Stokes and Master are merging in a move that will create the world’s tenth-largest law firm by revenue.... more
  
  

• Turning The Tables - Chinese Law Firms Opening In The US

  Dec 21 2007 For many years, U.S. law firms have been rushing into China, investing people and resources to help clients on the ground there. Now, a Chinese firm is mimicking their... 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

• UK law firm Herbert Smith to contribute more for China's investment

  Nov 30 2007 Herbert Smith, one of the leading British law firms, vowed here on Thursday to contribute more for Chinese enterprises' drive to invest in the United Kingdom. Speaking... more

• China's top firm King & Wood finds Gilbert+Tobin perfect partners

  Nov 23 2007 Wang Junfeng, the man who built China's biggest law firm, King & Wood, had some of the world's biggest and most powerful firms knocking on his door. They wanted to... more

• Merger mania in China

  Nov 12 2007 Foreign investment, which has played a significant role in sustaining the rapid growth of the Chinese economy, has acquired a new form, that of mergers and... more

• China warns companies evading new labour law

  Nov 09 2007 Chinese companies are trying to evade a new law that will make it harder to sack employees, prompting a government warning that they may have to pay "a heavy price,"... more

• China: Amendments to Law on Lawyers is a big legal move

  Oct 30 2007 Of the amendments to the Law on Lawyers adopted at the session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress at the weekend, the stipulation allowing a... more

• China legislature adopts law extending rights of defense lawyers

  Oct 29 2007 China's National People's Congress (NPC) Sunday adopted a draft amendment to the Law on Lawyers granting defense lawyers more power in criminal prosecutions. more

• China's top legislature starts five-day session

  Oct 26 2007 The Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, started a five-day session on Wednesday to review eight draft laws and... more

• Reed Smith acquires Hong Kong law offices

  Oct 22 2007 Reed Smith's acquisition Friday of Richards Butler's 110-lawyer office in Hong Kong typifies a trend of U.S. law firms cracking the growing China market, experts said.... more

• Taxing times for China's foreign firms

  Oct 12 2007 The good old days of preferential tax treatment for foreign companies in China are set to end as of January 1, 2008, but Chinese tax advisers say they may see some... more