Paul Weiss law firm news

If someone could bottle Jeanette Chan’s energy, they would not only make a fortune many times over, they would put out of business every barista from Seattle to Sydney.

DLA Piper has promoted seven new partners in Asia – two in China, three in Hong Kong and one each in Singapore and Tokyo. The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2011. The promotions in Asia are part of a round that sees 53 new partners joining its ranks.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison has strengthened its practice capabilities in China with the addition of Gary Li to the firm’s China Practice management team, with effect from 25 Mar 2011.

美国宝维斯律所近日晋升Gary Li为其中国业务管理团队成员，以加强律所在中国的业务实力。

Zhong Lun, Paul Weiss and Baker & McKenzie have recently helped fulfil the Walt Disney China dream. The three firms have together advised Disney and Shanghai Shendi Group on their JV to build its very first Chinese Disneyland in Shanghai.

华特迪士尼公司近日和上海申迪（集团）签约，合资建筑上海迪斯尼乐园。中伦与美国宝维斯为申迪的法律顾问，而迪斯尼由贝克•麦坚时律所提供法律咨询和服务。

Beijing-based Broad & Bright has recently taken its partner numbers to 14 by hiring three partners – Zhang Libin, He Yuping and Huang Xiaojun. All three come from strong international practice backgrounds.

张利宾律师、何予平律师和黄晓军律师今日加盟了世泽律师事务所成为合伙人。三位新合伙人使得世泽的合伙人达到14位。

One of the most striking trends seen in the global M&A markets throughout the past 18 months is the intensity of China’s interest in overseas acquisitions, and the explosion of Sino-foreign M&A activity has been the impetus for both international and domestic firms to ramp up their ability to handle outbound transactions.

全球并购市场在过去18个月中最引人注目的趋势之一是中国企业对海外收购项目的不断增长的兴趣。跨国并购项目的增长也渐渐成为律所加强为海外并购项目提供法律服务的推动力和律所的发展重点。

PRC and US firms have advised China Lodging Group, a leading budget hotel chain, on its US$126m IPO via American depositary shares on NASDAQ.

汉庭连锁酒店集团近期在纳斯达克进行首次公开募股，以筹资大约1.26亿美元。

Telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in Japan are experiencing a surge in activity and the latest move comes from Sumitomo Corporation.

What will be the salient M&A trends for 2010, and which firms are best positioned to take advantage of them?

Competition for top talent is heating up as international firms scramble to boost their capabilities for 2010 with lateral hires, partner relocations and counsel appointments.

Baker & McKenzie and King & Wood have advised Shanghai Jin Jiang, a Chinese hotel chain, on its first overseas acquisition.

The firms have completed the largest securities offering in Japan of the past decade

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.

China is hurtling along the path of technological advancement and investors are facing a whole new world of opportunity and growth

Buyout fund manager Affinity Equity Partners has acquired 94.2% stake in Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies. This transaction, valued at US$200m, is one of the largest private equity buyouts completed in China.