Jones Day law firm news

Jones Day partner Jingzhou Tao has joined Dechert as the managing partner responsible for developing the firm’s Asia practice.

美国众达前合伙人陶景洲近日以亚洲区管理合伙人的身份加入美国德杰，他将主要负责发展律所的洲事务。在加入众达之前，陶景洲曾是欧华北京代表处的管理合伙人。

Barrick swoops on Equinox, China zeroes in on Australia

US law firms have made a clean sweep of the 2011 ALB China Employer of Choice Awards, taking out all five positions in the international firm category for mainland China.

A subsidiary of the second largest coal producer of Indonesia, Adaro Energy has inked a US$400m senior loan facility from a syndicate of 12 banks to refinance existing debts and capital expenditures. The loan secured has a maturity period of seven years – the longest tenor of any major financing to date in the Indonesian market.

Amarchand & Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co and Jones Day have advised in a US$100m private placement of equity shares in a qualified institutional placement offering by Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, one of India’s leading non-banking finance companies.

Anthony Latimer has joined Norton Rose Australia as a partner in the corporate practice in Sydney. Latimer was previously with Corrs Chambers Westgarth where he was partner and co-head of the China Business Group and head of the PNG Business Group.

The latest market activity in the Asia Pacific region for January 2011 shows a focus on capital markets issuance and M&A, with deals hitting a high of US$84.9bn in Jan 2011.

A milestone LNG project between the world’s largest LNG buyer, Kogas; Japan’s largest trading house, Mitsubishi Corporation; and Indonesia’s largest private sector energy company, Medco Energi Internasional, marks the first-ever joint venture partnership between Korea, Japan and Indonesia on an LNG project. Hogan Lovells; Widyawan & Partners; Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith and its Indonesian ally, Hiswara, Bujamin & Tanjung (HBT), have all played roles on the deal which itself was six years the making.

Indonesian firm Melli Darsa & Co and US firm Jones Day have teamed up to advise PT Bukit Maknur Mandiri (BUMA), one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining contractors, on its US$320m tender offer.

Sustained investment and financial growth in the Saudi economy is behind Jones Day’s unprecedented decision to launch three new offices (Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar) in the Kingdom, said the firm’s Europe/Middle East partner-in-charge Mary Ellen Powers.

Jones Day has installed Sushma Jobanputra as the new partner-in-charge (PIC)of its Singapore office. Jobanputra, who took the reins earlier this year will replace long-time incumbent David Longstaff in the position.

Jones Day has promoted Beijing lawyers Sebastien Evrard and Ian Lian to partnership, as part of a global promotion of 36.

众达律师事务所近日在全球范围内晋升36位律师为合伙人，其中包括北京代表处的反垄断律师Sébastien Evrard和并购律师Ian Liao。

US-based firm Jones Day has promoted 36 lawyers to its global partnership this week, a third of whom are in offices outside the US and a quarter of whom are female. Those promoted include Joe Bauerschmidt in Singapore, John Lin in Taipei and Sebastien Evrard and Ian Lian both in Beijing.

Clyde & Co’s construction practice seems to be growing as fast as some of the new skyscrapers appearing on city skylines around the region and the firm’s latest move – hiring ex-Minter Ellison partner Ian Cocking for its Hong Kong office – is in preparation for the launch of a China construction practice, due Jan 2011.

Australian firm Minter Ellison has significantly increased its partner ranks in Hong Kong with a triple partner lateral hire from US firm Jones Day. Barbara Mok, Anne Ko and Katherine U, all capital markets and M&A lawyers, will join the firm in the new year increasing the total number of partners in its Hong Kong office to nine.

澳大利亚律所铭德律师事务所近日聘请了三位前任美国众达律师事务所的律师加盟该所担任合伙人。

Minter Ellison has made a pre-New Year swoop on three Jones Day partners in Hong Kong.

Amidst the turmoil of 31 international firms being sued for practising illegally in India, Clifford Chance joined the growing ranks of firms making India-relevant hires in Singapore as it appointed Geraint Hughes, 43, as head of its India practice.