Akin Gump law firm news

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is proud of the diverse backgrounds of its attorneys and what it calls an unyielding commitment to excellence. The global firm has recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Beijing.

CNOOC, represented by its own in-house legal department, has agreed to pay US$515m for a 24.5% participation interest in Block 15/34, an area of the South China Sea, from Oklahoma-based Devon Energy.

中国海洋石油近期以5.15亿美元收购Devon Energy在南中国海的Panyu油田24．5％的股权。中海油由内部的法律部门提供法律咨询，而Devon则聘用美国文森·艾尔斯律师事务所为代表律师。

China National Offshore Oil Corp ‘s latest cross-border foray indicates the country’s constant thirst for natural resources and the sophisticated new strategies being applied by investors and their law firms to cross-border deals.

中海油和中石油近期分别在阿根廷和澳大利亚进行了跨国合资并购项目，表明国际律所正协助中国投资者不断采用更加创新和高效的方式开发以及采购海外资源。

Kensington Swan has sent a team of five people from its Auckland and Wellington offices to staff the firm’s new branch in Abu Dhabi

New Zealand’s Kensington Swan is all set to open its doors in Abu Dhabi – but where will the work come from?

GE Money's general counsel of home lending has moved to finance and insurance specialist firm Langes

Amid global economic turmoil and dwindling workflows, US lawyers are showing good spirit and using their spare time to do more pro bono work.

Another five years of oil & gas revenues - this time boosted by record high prices - have created a lake of liquidity in a region that has the need, the wherewithal, the ambition and the sheer will to make things happen. Law firms have for some time been feasting on big-ticket oil & gas, project finance, infrastructure and banking & finance work. But never to the current degree, and never across so many centres of activity.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has launched an office in Abu Dhabi, 10 months after it closed down its Dubai office when its only two partners there, Gavin Watson and Chris Sioufi, were raided by Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Some positive news at Akin Gump following the closure of the firm’s Taiwan office. Chris Xiaoyun Lin, formerly a labour counsel at General Electric Company (GE) for Greater China, has joined Akin Gump in Beijing as a senior counsel and will support the firm’s emerging public policy practice in China.

ALB takes a closer look at the development of the legal industry in a number of leading economic centres in China

ALB takes a closer look at the development of the legal industry in a number of leading economic centres in China.

What do you do when your chief rainmaker leaves the firm? That's the scenario at the Taiwan and Silicon Valley offices of Akin Gump following the departure of patent litigator Yitai Hu

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is proud of the diverse backgrounds of its attorneys and what it calls an unyielding commitment to excellence. The global firm has recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Beijing.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lured corporate partner Janet Jie Tang and a three-person transactions team in Beijing away from DLA Piper, broadening the firm's practice which has been focused on international trade, energy and IP work.

Corporate, securities and M&A lawyer Jeff Greene has been transferred from DLA Piper's Seattle office, where he was a partner, to Shanghai. The firm said in a statement the move was to meet growing client demand for M&A talent in China.

Corporate, securities and M&A lawyer Jeff Greene has been transferred from DLA Piper's Seattle office, where he was a partner, to Shanghai. The firm said in a statement the move was to meet growing client demand for M&A talent in China.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lured corporate partner Janet Jie Tang and a three-person transactions team in Beijing away from DLA Piper, broadening the firm's practice which has been focused on international trade, energy and IP work.