Sheppard launches in Beijing with Squire Sanders partner
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has opened in Beijing with the hire of a partner from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, writes The Recorder.James Zimmerman, a chairman emeritus of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, joined the US firm last Thursday (11 August) as a partner after around eight years at Squire Sanders.
August 15, 2011 at 05:44 AM
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has opened in Beijing with the hire of a partner from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, writes The Recorder.
James Zimmerman, a chairman emeritus of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, joined the US firm last Thursday (11 August) as a partner after around eight years at Squire Sanders.
Zimmerman, who was the chief representative of Squire Sanders' Beijing office, will lead the new base. He is joined by corporate special counsel Sharon Xu, also from Squire Sanders, and partner Jenny Liu and associate Carrie Bai, who have relocated from Sheppard's Shanghai office.
Sheppard chairman Guy Halgren said the Beijing office will at first focus on multinational corporations and venture capital and private equity firms with interests in China.
More Squire Sanders attorneys will probably be joining, Halgren said, adding that it was too soon to say how many. He said he expects the office to grow to between 15 and 20 lawyers in the next few years.
"[Jim's] renowned as one of the top United States lawyers in China," Halgren said. "His relationships with the Chamber of Commerce in China and his authorship of a leading treatise for the ABA on China law illustrates that."
Zimmerman has lived and worked in China for nearly two decades, with stints at Morrison & Foerster and Coudert Brothers. His practice has focused on advising Fortune 500 companies setting up operations in China.
The Sheppard lawyers relocating from Shanghai represent offshore funds that invest in Chinese emerging companies.
"Shanghai is the entrepreneurial money centre of China, but Chinese law is developing rapidly and the rules and regulations come out of Beijing," said Sheppard San Diego partner James Mercer, who's been working closely with Halgren on the firm's China expansion.
He added: "The presence in Beijing keeps us close to that centre."
Mercer said the Beijing office will also open doors for Sheppard's California attorneys representing local investment funds wanting to do business in China, and established Chinese companies looking for a presence here.
Sheppard opened its first overseas office in Shanghai in 2007 with former Coudert chairman David Huebner. Huebner was appointed US ambassador to New Zealand and the Independent State of Samoa in December 2009. While at the firm, Huebner specialised in international arbitration and mediation.
The 530-attorney Sheppard has 10 other offices: two in Los Angeles, two in San Diego and one each in Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York and Washington, DC.
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