Heller Ehrman law firm news

International firm Eversheds is one step closer to its goal of a 50-lawyer-strong Hong Kong office by 2011 -- with the addition of Slaughter and May veteran partner litigator Mark Yeadon.

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。

Winston & Strawn has added a new corporate and M&A partner, Bertrand Theaud, to its Shanghai office. Theaud was most recently a partner for DLA Piper in Shanghai.

此前曾在欧华担任过合伙人的Bertrand Theaud律师，近期已加入美国温斯顿国际律师事务所，成为驻在上海代表处的合伙人。

Nixon Peabody has named partner David Cheng as the new chair and managing partner of its China and Asia Pacific practice. This follows the defection to DLA Piper of Henry Liu, the previous holder of the position.

美国尼克松·皮博迪近日将合伙人David Cheng任命为该所亚太与中国业务主席兼管理合伙人。此前，该职位由上海代表处合伙人刘洪担任。刘洪于近期加入欧华担任合伙人。

Winston & Strawn has launched two separate offices in Beijing and Shanghai, after opening an office in Hong Kong late last year.

Being invited to join the partnership might be an enduring ambition for many young lawyers, but promotion usually comes at a price. Firms have many ways of ensuring that new partners pay their due – and some are more onerous than others

Meet the man behind the world’s first Shariah-compliant law firm in what could be the start of a new business model

In what is being billed as an unprecedented move, former International Court of Arbitration Secretariat counsel James Morrison has moved to Korean firm Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL).

The global financial crisis has not diminished law firms’ passion for the country’s most cosmopolitan and fast-paced city. Rather, it provides a timely opportunity for ambitious firms in this up-and-coming financial centre to prepare for a new wave of competition. ALB China investigates

Perhaps most surprising in the current global economic climate is that PRC firms continue to lure lawyers with international backgrounds to address the growing demand for international legal specialists to deal with cross-border work.

Shanghai-based MWE China Law Offices has appointed nine new partners, including three external hires from international firms.

Proskauer Rose has announced that Jim Chapman will join the firm as a partner in its lodging and gaming practice group.

Some international firms are remaining impressively optimistic about the prospects for expanding their operations in Greater China; others are already feeling the pinch.

UK firm Eversheds has been on an expansion drive in the past month. Having opened its first Asia office in Shanghai in 2006, it has now lured five partners from DLA Piper and one from Fried Frank, as part of its plan to launch a Hong Kong office in March.

UK-based law firm Eversheds has launched in Singapore and appointed DLA Piper's Singapore managing director to head the new office.

Since century-old US firm Heller Ehrman dissolved last September, most of the partners and counsel in the firm’s Asia practice group have been snapped up by new entrants keen to expand their offices in the region.

Although merger talks between Clifford Chance and Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques collapsed last week, the Magic Circle firm has proved it is still merger active, solidifying its European presence in a merger with its Romanian ally, Badea & Asociatii.