Paul Hastings law firm news

Orrick has hired Latham & Watkins' partner William Chun Fai Woo to join its Hong Kong capital markets practice.

Jeffrey Sun Jie, formerly Shanghai-based counsel with Latham & Watkins, has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Orrick) as a partner in the China corporate group.

前瑞生顾问孙捷律师(Jeffrey)加盟奥睿，担任其中国业务部合伙人。孙捷将常驻奥睿上海办事处。

Ex-Paul Hastings disputes practice head Yoshihiro Takatori, along with his team, have joined the Tokyo office of Orrick as the firm looks to increase its resources in this fast-growing area.

Following the Nasdaq listing of China-based online retailer Mecox Lane in late October, Dangdang , the top-ranked Chinese online book retailer, has recently launched its US$312m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Maples and Calder’s Cayman Islands managing partner Gareth Griffiths will relocate to Hong Kong to replace current joint-managing partner Spencer Privett – who takes up the post of chairman of the Maples Fund Services’s Asia-Pacific division, effective Dec 2010.

Maples and Calder近期宣布，将开曼群岛管理合伙人Gareth Griffiths 调至香港办公室任联席管理合伙人。

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has made its first venture into Southeast Asia via an alliance with LVN & Associates, a newly established law firm based in Hanoi,Vietnam set up by ex-Orrick lawyer Linh Qyunh Doan.

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。

A-share listings and international IPOs have reached the highest levels seen in the history of capital markets for Chinese companies, according to recent statistics released by China’s leading investment consulting firm ChinaVenture.

据ChinaVenture最新数据显示，2010年1－11月份中国企业IPO数量已经达到431家；超过2007年265家的最高纪录，达到年度IPO数量历史最高峰。

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010 Real Estate Firm of the Year winner Mayer Brown JSM has advised Hang Lung Properties, a Hong Kong-listed company, in its US$1.42bn follow-on offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China’s second-largest wind turbine maker Xingjiang Goldwind Science & Technology has raised US$1.05bn in its second listing attempt on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – after earlier plans to list in June were shelved due to poor market conditions.

新疆金风科技近日在香港联合交易所挂牌上市。新疆金风由新疆天阳律师事务所担任法律顾问而承销商则由富而德和竞天公诚律师事务所提供法律咨询。

The rapidly growing renewable energy market is moving into overdrive as China Suntien Green Energy becomes the fourth Chinese clean-energy company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a little over two weeks.

伴随可再生能源市场的回暖，中国新能源企业再次掀起香港上市热潮。 近日,新天绿色能源在香港上市,共筹得资金3.7亿美元。

China Unicom’s latest US$1.8bn convertible bonds issuance is the world’s largest international convertible bond issuance by a PRC company to date. Freshfields, Sullivan & Cromwell and Herbert Smith advised on the transaction.

中国联合网络通信近日通过其全资子公司成功发行总额达18.39亿美元附息可转换债券。本次可转债发行是中国境内企业有史以来最大规模的国际可转债发行。

The surge in the Hong Kong capital markets continues with the US$320m initial public listing of Shanghai-based children’s product manufacturer, Boshiwa International, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock exchange.