Milbank Tweed law firm news

State Grid International Development (SGIDL) has closed one of the largest Chinese investments in South America - a US$1.8bn deal relating to seven power transmission projects in Brazil. The deal also marks the first time that a Chinese company has acquired full control of a foreign electricity grid asset。

中国国家电网公司近日以18亿美元收购并接管运营巴西7家输电特许权公司，此收购项目也是中国企业在巴西规模最大的投资之一。 Milbank和拉丁美洲的两家律所Pinheiro Neto Advogados and Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice 共同担任国家电网的法律顾问。

With the increasing trade between China and Latin America, Shenzhen-based Guanghe has become the first PRC firm to establish an office in Latin America. The firm has recently set up a branch in Uruguay, which is operated under the name Guanghe Sud-America.

随着中国与南美贸易的增长，深圳广和近日在南美乌拉圭成立分所--广和（南美）律师事务所，这也是目前南美的第一家中国律所。

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。

In another manifestation of a trend started by its US counterparts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recently hired Norton Rose’s China corporate finance head Freeman Chan to kick start its Hong Kong law practice.

美国佳利律师事务所近日为了开发香港法律业务，聘请了英国诺顿•罗氏律师事务所的中国企业融资合伙人Freeman Chan为到香港办事处担任合伙人。

With the dual aim of scoring more China outbound work (especially into Brazil) and boosting its Hong Kong practice, Milbank Tweed is planning to add approximately 10 lawyers to its current headcount of 15 in its Greater China offices.

为了赢取更多中国对外投资和并购项目（特别是涉及巴西的并购业务） 以及为提升香港业务团队的力量，美国美邦律师事务所计划在2011年内为北京和香港办公室新添十位律师。

The first-ever listing of a Mongolian company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange(HKSE) – also ranked as the second highest non-domestic, non-Chinese company listing in Hong Kong, after UC Rusal's US$2.2 billion IPO in January – has paved the way for an infrastructure and mining boom in Mongolia as international investments pour into the country’s natural resources sector.

China's direct investment in Brazil has soared to a projected US$12bn this year, making it the highest investor in the country for 2010. The increasing number and size of Sino-Brazil deals will mean a shift in focus for PRC and Brazilian legal advisors.

随着中国投资巴西力度的加大，尤其是在能源资产方面，两国律所间也很可能会建立起更多更紧密的合作关系。

While global PE investors rush to set up their RMB funds, lawyers are also seeing their private equity expertise migrate from advising offshore funds to domestic funds. How fast have lawyers caught onto their PE game and how determined are they to make it a purely Chinese affair? ALB investigates

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will extend its roots in China and launch into Asia from a new office in Hong Kong – to be set up by recent partner hire, Weiheng Chen, in collaboration with current head of China, Carmen Chang.

为扩展中国业务，Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati事务所宣布即将在香港成立其亚洲的第二个办公室，同时任命最近加盟的合伙人陈炜恒为律所中国地区联席主管。

Advised by Skadden, Milbank Tweed and Sidley Austin, Titan Petrochemicals has successfully issued US$315m senior notes.

石油贸易及船运公司泰山石化集团近日发行价值3.15亿美元的优先票据。 此次交易由世达，美国美邦以及盛德国际律师事务所提供法律服务。

Through a series of landmark transactions in recent years GCL-Poly has become one of the largest players in the world’s solar power. ALB China finds out how the in-house legal function has transformed into a value-adding part of the business during the process.

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