Simpson Thacher & Bartlett law firm news

Jincheng Tongda & Neal, King & Wood, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Simpson Thacher have advised NetQin Mobile, a Chinese mobile security and applications company on its on the New York Stock Exchange listing, following the May 2011 debuts of three other PRC companies onto the US market.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is the latest in a long line of elite US firms to undergo localisation following the moves of other Hong Kong-based US firms – most recently Davis Polk and Latham & Watkins which underwent the same process in 2010.

Mayer Brown JSM has promoted Hong Kong-based competition lawyer Gerry O’Brien to consultant in its antitrust and competition practice.

The rivalry heats up amongst Tokyo-based international firms at the night of nights for Japan’s legal fraternity – the ALB Japan Law Awards 2011.

Following a rough few months during which it has lost not only two key firm alliances but also significant numbers of lawyers, Indian firm AZB & Partners has been highly active on the recruitment front.

Beijing-based FenXun Partners has recently hired former Skaddens associate Sue Liu as partner. Liu’s main practice areas includes advising clients on fund formation and structuring, and M&As and public listings of asset management firms.

奋迅律师事务所近日招募了基金律师柳宇华加盟该所成为合伙人。柳宇华在美国世达律师事务所纽约总部执业多年，主要从事基金设立， 资产管理机构的并购与投资，以及基金发起人和管理人上市的工作。

Beijing-based Youku.com Inc, the biggest online video company in China and considered a YouTube clone by many, has recently launched its US$203m IPO on Nasdaq.

中国最大的在线视频企业优酷网近日在纽约首次公开发行募得2.03亿美元。优酷网的国内最大竞争对手土豆网也已申请在美国首次公开发行，但尚未确定上市日期。

Emphasis on its Asian banking & finance, corporate & securities, IP and real estate practice has seen Mayer Brown JSM elevate six lawyers in Hong Kong to partnership – part of 32 partner promotions worldwide.

Patrick Heid has recently left Shearman & Sterling, where he was associate, to head up the German firm Graf von Westphalen 's Shanghai office.

曾任美国谢尔曼•思特灵律师事务所上海代表处律师的Patrick Heid近日加盟了德国律所Graf von Westphalen担任该所上海办事处主任。

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。

King & Wood, Sidley Austin and Conyers have recently advised SouFun Holdings, the country’s largest property website, on its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The company sold 2.9 million American Depositary Shares, raising US$125m.

中国房地产网站运营商搜房网近日在纽约证券交易所发行IPO, 成功募资1.25亿美元。此次首发项目由金杜，康德明，盛德，方达，盛信和苏利文•克伦威尔共同提供法律服务。

FenXun Partners, established late last year by former Lovells’ partner Fred Chang, has recently advised Central Huijin Investment on its US$8bn bond issuance in Shanghai.

中央汇金近日在上海发行了80亿美元的债券。该公司聘请了于去年创立的北京奋迅律师事务所为此次项目提供全程法律服务。

Shearman & Sterling represented Fortune 500 Indian metals powerhouse – the Aditya Birla Group –in the restructuring of its cement business (ranked the ninth largest in the world).

Advised by its long-term legal counsels – King & Wood and Baker & McKenzie – Shanghai Jin Jiang is buying US$397m worth of assets, including passenger transport services, warehouses and travel agencies, from its state-owned parent, Jin Jiang International.