Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has recruited Baker & McKenzie Shanghai partner Thomas Man. Man, a Chinese native, will join the firm’s Beijing office and focus his practice on representing foreign companies in foreign direct investments,
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Shearman & Sterling Opens Shanghai Office
Shearman & Sterling has opened an office in Shanghai, its third in China after Beijing and Hong Kong. The new office will be headed by project finance partner Andrew Ruff. Ruff was previously a partner
Read moreDewey Adds Orrick Partner to Beijing Office
Dewey Ballantine has recruited corporate partner Hugh Scogin from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Scogin will become the second partner in Dewey’s five-lawyer Beijing office, which opened in 2004. After the failed merger between Dewey and
Read moreFreshfields Closes in Singapore
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has finally closed its Singapore office, after announcing intentions to close back in September of 2006. Wanting to focus on China, last week’s departure of China head Douglas Markel gave the firm
Read moreSimpson Thacher Opens in Beijing
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has opened a new office in Beijing. The firm recruited Douglas Markel, a partner from UK firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, to head the new office. Markel is a megers & acquistions
Read moreMilbank Tweed Hires Capital Markets Lawyer in Tokyo
Capital markets lawyer Bradley Edmister has joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy’s Tokyo office as Counsel. He comes from Sullivan & Cromwell, with whom he had for eight years, five of which were in Tokyo.
Read moreKaye Scholer International Trade Group Joins Troutman Sanders
Troutman Sanders’ Washington office has recruited Kaye Scholer’s 11-person international trade practice. The firm has wanted to expand this practice, which formerly was comprised of only a couple of partners. Donald Cameron Jr. and Julie
Read moreSidley To Open in Sydney
Sidley Austin is ready to open a new Australia office after hiring Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Sydney office managing partner, Bob Meyers. The Sydney office will open May 1, becoming the firm’s sixth office in
Read moreShearman & Sterling Approved for Shanghai Launch
Shearman & Sterling was finally granted a license to open in Shanghai today; the firm expects to open the new office later this spring. This will be the third office in the firm’s China operations
Read moreWeil Gotshal Closes Brussels Office; Sets Sights on Asian Expansion
New York firm Weil Gotshal & Manges plans to close its Brussels office in a move to focus its attention on an Asian expansion. The business out of the two-lawyer office will then be handled
Read moreBaker Botts Opens in Beijing
Baker Botts announced the opening of its new office in Beijing today. With an office in Hong Kong, this is the firm’s second location in China. John Kuzmik, the head of the firm’s China practice,
Read moreWilmerHale Adds Corporate Hot-Shot to Beijing Office
WilmerHale expands its China practice with the addition of corporate lawyer, Robert Woll, to its Beijing office. Woll joins as Co-Partner in Charge from Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office. He is highly regarded as
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