Duan & Duan law firm news

Shipping specialist law firm Ince & Co has today launched Ince Law Alliance, a formal law alliance (FLA) with a newly-formed local entity, Incisive Law – to target English and Singapore advisory work in the maritime sector. Ince & Co will only be the second foreign firm to enter into such an alliance in Singapore after Wikborg Rein’s formation of Pan Asia Law Corporation in 2008. It is also the first English maritime firm to take this step.

One of Singapore’s most recent Foreign Law Practice (FLP) entrants, Nabarro, has made its first local partner hire this week – Norton Rose foreign legal counsel Glenn Cheng – who has laterally moved to help build the firm’s nascent construction and arbitration practice.

US firm Duane Morris has secured approval from the Singapore Ministry of Law to launch a joint law venture (JLV) with local firm Arfat Selvam Alliance.

Asia will undergo infrastructure and arbitration booms in the next ten years and the expanding market has room to accommodate more foreign law practices.

International arbitration – like everything else in China today – has become a growth industry. Spurred by institutional changes and a procession of cross-border transactions, both the number of disputes and the institutions providing dispute resolution services have proliferated.

Nishimura & Asahi, the largest of Japan’s “Big Four” law firms, has launched its first representative office in Southeast Asia. The new office in Ho Chi Minh will be the firm’s second overseas venture, after its first international office was launched in Beijing only three months ago.

After making around 20 internal partner promotions this year, Zhong Lun Law Firm continues with its ambitious partnership growth. The firm has now taken on board two additional partners – Yao Pingping and He Wei – as lateral hires.

姚平平、何未两位曾在国际律所职业的律师近日加盟了中伦律师事务所担任合伙人。姚平平律师加盟中伦香港分所，何未律师加入北京总部。

Dacheng has officially staked its foothold in Hong Kong through a merger with Guangdong Xin Yang, a Guangzhou-based firm that opened an office in Hong Kong in 2006.

大成（广州）与广东信扬律师事务所合并后，信扬香港分所近日已获批更名为大成香港分所。至此，大成正式进驻香港市场。

PRC firm Dacheng has opened yet another office, this time in Hong Kong, after merging with fellow PRC firm Guangdong Xin Yang.

Former associate in the Shanghai office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Alex Yang, has made a switch to Grandall and has taken up a leadership role of the firm's Kunming office.

前万盛国际律师事务所上海并购团队成员杨志坚律师近日加盟国浩，并成为昆明团队的管理合伙人。

Three years after King & Wood and Jun He opened their Hong Kong offices, Zhong Lun, another top-tier player in the mainland, has finally planted its flag in Hong Kong. The new Hong Kong office operates in association with local Hong Kong firm Roger Ho & Co.

Recent amendments to the Chinese insurance law have not only painted a bright picture for investment funds, but have also nudged Chinese law firms into keeping an eye out for more insurance mandates.

Four Rio Tinto employees who stand accused by the government of bribery and industrial espionage have been granted legal representation. They are now represented by renowned PRC lawyers.

The merger between King & Wood and Arculli Fong & Ng, after a three-year association in Hong Kong, will see the first PRC firm permitted to practice Hong Kong law.

金杜已于近日完成与其香港联营伙伴夏佳理方和吴正和律师事务所的合并，并成为首家获准在香港同时提供香港法和中国法法律服务的中国律所。

Much has been reported on Hong Kong as a gateway to China for international firms. Now, many PRC firms are inverting its role in their quest for overseas business.

Beijing's Guantao has established an office in Hong Kong that is set to be a platform for strengthening the alliance between the firm, Ashurst and Jackson Woo & Associates