Bank of China law firm news

Yongheng Partners has seen the legal industry in China develop into one of the most competitive in the world. But as the oldest and most established player in the Jiangsu region, the firm is not content to rest on its laurels. The firm will continue to develop from strength to strength cementing its position as a true leader in the region.

Yongheng Partners has seen the legal industry in China develop into one of the most competitive in the world. But as the oldest and most established player in the Jiangsu region, the firm is not content to rest on its laurels. The firm will continue to develop from strength to strength cementing its position as a true leader in the region.

Orrick has hired Latham & Watkins' partner William Chun Fai Woo to join its Hong Kong capital markets practice.

The head of Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Beijing office will be stepping down from the helm of the US firm this year to launch his political career with Singapore’s largest opposition party – the Worker’s Party – in the upcoming general elections to be held on 7 May 2011.

To ramp up its China practice, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has promoted its Hong Kong-based partner Teresa Ko as the chairwoman of its China practice and transferred three other partners Jenny Connolly, Melissa Thomas and Simon Weller to its China branches.

Lavan Legal has announced two new hires, making a total of five new faces this year.

The Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Greater China, has finally secured adequate financial security after the developers were extended an RMB 29bn syndicated credit facility. The loan will enable the HZMB Authority to finance and operate the bridge.

港珠澳大桥管理局近日正式与大桥主体工程项目银团签订29亿元的贷款，这意味着世界上最长的跨海大桥-港珠澳大桥主桥的建设有了充足的资金保障。

After hiring Li Feng, previously a founding partner of the now defunct LC&Co just a few months ago, newly created Shanghai player SG&CO has again dipped into the lateral market, this time to lure Qian Chen away from his partnership at Middla & Partners.

在李峰作为合伙人加入融孚之后，德载中怡的高级合伙人钱晨也在近期作为合伙人加入。

Beijing-based FenXun Partners has recently hired former Skaddens associate Sue Liu as partner. Liu’s main practice areas includes advising clients on fund formation and structuring, and M&As and public listings of asset management firms.

奋迅律师事务所近日招募了基金律师柳宇华加盟该所成为合伙人。柳宇华在美国世达律师事务所纽约总部执业多年，主要从事基金设立， 资产管理机构的并购与投资，以及基金发起人和管理人上市的工作。

Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer and second largest diversified mining company, has engaged a list of legal advisors including Norton Rose and Cleary Gottlieb to advise on its Hong Kong float.

巴西Vale矿业集团近日通过股票凭证或预托证券的方式在香港上市。

A-share listings and international IPOs have reached the highest levels seen in the history of capital markets for Chinese companies, according to recent statistics released by China’s leading investment consulting firm ChinaVenture.

据ChinaVenture最新数据显示，2010年1－11月份中国企业IPO数量已经达到431家；超过2007年265家的最高纪录，达到年度IPO数量历史最高峰。

Herbert Smith Singapore has promoted Lewis McDonald to partnership and hired several associates in a major expansion strategy devised to cope with an influx of energy deals growing from Southeast Asia.

Four Shanghai local firms - Qinghua, Dongxin, Huali and Guolian - and a team led by partner Lv Yan from Beijing Yumei law firm's Shanghai office have joined forces and formed a new partnership under the brand SG & Co PRC lawyers.

由上海清华、东欣、华利、国联律师事务所与北京王玉梅所吕琰团队合并设立的融孚律师事务所近日正式开业。目前，融孚所已有6位高级合伙人，16位合伙人，律师、顾问及辅助人员70余人。

While PRC banks are ramping up their lending in support of Chinese companies' foreign expansion, acquisitions and trade, PRC law firms are not just waiting around for their time to shine