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  • Latham & Watkins opens Beijing office
    | Wednesday, 6 January 2010
    Latham & Watkins has opened an office in Beijing, its fifth office in Asia and third in Greater China. The firm had to wait three years before...
  • ANALYSIS: US mid-tier scales Great Wall
    | Wednesday, 9 December 2009
    Just because you’re a mid-tier US firm doesn’t mean you have to limit yourself to mid-cap clients. Not here in China anyway. ALB China investigates
  • FEATURE: Private equity: growth accelerator
    | Thursday, 3 December 2009
    While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.
  • ANALYSIS: Firms answer clients’ call for value
    | Tuesday, 3 November 2009
    International firms are increasingly being pressured into offering alternative fee arrangements to attract and retain clients. PRC firms have also been forced to be more flexible in billing.
  • Italian firm targets China expansion
    | Wednesday, 9 September 2009
    Following the line taken by US and UK firms who have been increasing their China practices recently, Italian firm NCTM plans to expand to China.
  • Australian firms acting in clash of the titans
    | Thursday, 3 September 2009
    Two Australian firms are playing a key role in Huntsman Chemical’s US$415m (A$497m) takeover attempt of Tronox – one of the most significant transactions in the global titanium dioxide market
  • Kirkland & Ellis takes on China
    | Wednesday, 2 September 2009
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP has taken its first step onto the mainland by opening the firm’s tenth office – in Shanghai.
  • Kirkland partner jumps to Anderson Mori
    | Tuesday, 21 July 2009
    Japan ‘big-four’ firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has hired corporate partner Akihito Nakamachi, bringing the number of partners at the firm to 67.
  • Kirkland expands in China
    | Tuesday, 4 November 2008
    Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its China practice with the hire of partner Xiaoyang Li from Beijing's Jun He Law Offices.
  • Senior opportunities overseas Part III: US Appeal of the big apple
    | Wednesday, 30 January 2008
    London has been the destination of choice for Australian and New Zealand lawyers wanting an overseas stint. However, the possibilities and rewards to be found in the US - especially in the top-tier firms - are becoming increasingly attractive, Zoe Lyon reports.
  • US REPORT: August 2007
    | Wednesday, 1 August 2007
    US firms prepare for European class actions
    US law firms are planning to capitalise on the emerging market of private lawsuits in Europe
  • Clifford Chance raids Australian firms
    | Thursday, 1 February 2007

    Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has nabbed two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firm's expansion into China.

  • Clifford Chance raids Australian firms
    | Thursday, 1 February 2007
    Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has poached two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firms expansion into China.
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