Pudong law firm news

KhattarWong’s Projects (REIC) Practice Group well-placed to meet opportunities and challenges ahead

After launching new branch offices in Suzhou, Beijing, Taizhou and Fujian this year, Zhongyin continues to expand even further out into the provinces. The firm has recently acquired Tianjin-based Yaze Law Firm and has restructured the 16 year-old firm top become its Tianjin branch.

中银近日与创始于1994年的原天津亚泽律师事务所重新组合成立了中银（天津）律师事务所。该分所现有律师及助理20余名。

Four Shanghai local firms - Qinghua, Dongxin, Huali and Guolian - and a team led by partner Lv Yan from Beijing Yumei law firm's Shanghai office have joined forces and formed a new partnership under the brand SG & Co PRC lawyers.

由上海清华、东欣、华利、国联律师事务所与北京王玉梅所吕琰团队合并设立的融孚律师事务所近日正式开业。目前，融孚所已有6位高级合伙人，16位合伙人，律师、顾问及辅助人员70余人。

International arbitration – like everything else in China today – has become a growth industry. Spurred by institutional changes and a procession of cross-border transactions, both the number of disputes and the institutions providing dispute resolution services have proliferated.

According to 2010 GDP numbers, the Tianjin Binhai New Area is set to displace Shanghai Pudong area. And Qu Hualin, vice president of the Tianjin Airport Economic Zone, says the BNA has scored better in all aspects economic standing – overall GDP, total value of industrial output.

天津空港经济区管理委员会副主任曲华林表示，无论GDP、还是工业总产值和税收等各方面，今年滨海新区都将全面超过浦东新区。天津律师们表示，近几年来非诉讼案件的增长尤其强劲。

Freshfields has advised Vodafone on its US$6.6bn China Mobile stake sale. Cayman Islands firm Ogier, led by corporate partner Nicholas Ward, provided Jersey legal counsel to Vodafone. China Mobile was not represented by outside counsel.

富而德律师事务所近日协助长期客户电信业者沃达丰以66亿美元出售3.2%中国移动股权。此次项目沃达丰也由开曼群岛律所Ogier 提供法律咨询。

The 17th Tianjin Trade Fair & Investment Talk gathered together hundreds of delegates in June, including state officials, business representatives and legal professionals. All participants came to discuss the economic development of Tianjin, and unravelling the impending opportunities driven by positive government policies and stimulus packages. About 940 major projects have led to an investment of nearly US$294bn in the region since 2007.

Two PRC firms dominated the M&A deals volume chart in Greater China this year, with King & Wood and Grandall Legal Group securing leads in Mergermarket's latest top ten legal advisors league table.

China Mobile's latest business endeavour exemplifies the surprisingly far-reaching diversification ambitions of some large PRC companies. Haiwen and Shanghai United were involved in this landmarkt transaction.

中国移动日前宣布，将斥资398亿元人民币入股上海浦东发展银行。在此次交易中海问律师事务所担任中国移动的法律顾问，而浦东发展银行的常年法律顾问上海联合律师事务所再次为客户在此项目中出具法律意见。

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.

Watergate Opened to Foreign Investments in Private Equity Fund Management in Pudong

KhattarWong’s Projects (REIC) Practice Group well-placed to meet opportunities and challenges ahead

Some updates on Pudong's new measures on promoting the development of enterprises for equity investment and equity investment management purposes

In a sign of improved relations across the Taiwan Strait, a new Taiwan-mainland China cooperative legal service centre was officially inaugurated in early November.

Just like Shenzhen and Pudong before it, Binhai is slated for a rapid government-led transformation. ALB China reports from Tianjin on how its legal profession will keep pace with its explosive economy