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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom will launch an office in Shanghai on Monday (18 February), with the relocation of corporate partner Gregory Miao, who previously shared his time between Hong Kong and Beijing. The branch will focus on M&A, corporate ..........more 2008-02-13 15:21:18

David Bayless. Photo by Melissa Barnes Jordan Mintz, some lawyers say, did what he should have done when filing the 2000 proxy statement for the now-defunct Enron Corp. As general counsel for Enron’s finance group, Mintz asked in-house securities law..........more 2008-02-02 03:21:15

Winner of ‘Managing Partner of the Year’ at the 2007 ALB China Law Awards, Gao Yang’s careful management has seen the Shanghai firm boost its headcount significantly in 2006 and challenge the dominance of the Beijing firms.  The year 2006 w..........more 2008-01-21 11:47:08

Not so at Lovells, a London-based law firm.At Linklaters, one of several law firms ranked in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, about a third of trainee solicitors are “non-lawyers” The firm includes a full virtual tour of its international headquarte..........more 2008-01-17 09:20:40

On June 28, 2007, Spreadtrum Communications Incorporated (“Spreadtrum”) was successfully listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States. During the first trading day, the share price of Spreadtrum surged to a high of USD17, finally closing in a..........more 2008-01-10 17:59:37

On July 2, 2007, Cheng Hong, a member of Liu Dingfa’s legal team, joined Jun He as a consultant. Ms. Cheng will be working in the Shanghai office. ....more 2008-01-10 17:58:35

US law firm Morrison & Foerster has succeeded in recruiting a M&A-focused team of Japan-based O'Melveny & Myers attorneys - Gary Smith, David Litt and Randy Laxer - who have all joined Mofo as partners in the firm's Tokyo corporate gro..........more 2008-01-10 10:15:10

Linklaters has flown New York corporate and M&A partner Andrew Mackie in to Hong Kong to boost its resources in a currently busy Greater China corporate practice. With experience in joint ventures and corporate reorganisations, Andrew..........more 2008-01-10 10:12:22

Beijing-based corporate lawyer Greg Liu has been elected to the partnership of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as part of a group of five lawyers firm wide. Liu is a member of the firm's M&A practice group, with an individual practice focusing..........more 2008-01-10 10:08:54

A year of protracted negotiations between the Hong Kong operations of Richards Butler and US suitor Reed Smith have ended successfully, with the Hong Kong team agreeing to follow the rest of the firm and join Reed Smith's partnership, e..........more 2008-01-10 10:00:57