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Top Partner Quits BigLaw for Chinese Firm
Top Clifford Chance capital markets partner Rupert Li has left the Magic Circle firm to join Beijing’s King & Wood as international managing partner.Jun He Adds Aviation Finance Partner
Beijing-headquartered Jun He Law Offices has hired a partner specializing in aviation finance. The hire builds on the recent recruitment of an energy finance partner in Shanghai.Zhong Lun Recruits Former Freshfields Partner in Shanghai
Beijing's Zhong Lun Law Firm has hired a former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner for its Shanghai office. Carl Cheng retired from Freshfields in 2010, after 17 years as a corporate lawyer in the Magic Circle firm's Shanghai office.
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Shanghai Bar Association Goes After Foreign Firms
American and British law firms make no secret of their desire to push into the China market. But now, fast-growing Chinese firms are pushing back. A fiery memo by the Shanghai Lawyers Association accuses foreign firms of conducting "illegal business activities" by skirting prohibitions on practicing Chinese law. Seattle lawyer Daniel Harris, who practices often in China, said lawyers in Shanghai expect the government to get involved. "There's talk of shutting down two or three firms just as an example."
McDermott's China Alliance Forges On, but Rivals Question Long-Term Viability
In 2007, MWE China Law Offices looked like it could be the future of China practice. The new Chinese law firm was to be the exclusive ally of Chicago's McDermott Will & Emery and would carry the 1,000-lawyer U.S. firm's brand into China. It seemed an ingenious way for an American law firm to enter local Chinese practice while skirting official restrictions barring foreign firms. But three years later, no one has followed MWE China's example, and rivals now openly question the firm's long-term viability.Lovells Announces Landmark Alliance With Nine Chinese Firms
Lovells has launched an alliance with nine independent Chinese law firms, the London firm announced Monday. The Sino-Global Legal Alliance will see lawyers from the participating firms working together in cross-firm practice groups. Lovells has previously worked with member firms in areas such as finance, dispute resolution and intellectual property. Lovells currently has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, but local regulation limits the work the firm can do in the region.Shanghai Bar Association Goes After Foreign Firms
American and British law firms make no secret of their desire to push into the China market. But now, fast-growing Chinese firms are pushing back. A fiery memo by the Shanghai Lawyers Association accuses foreign firms of conducting "illegal business activities" by skirting prohibitions on practicing Chinese law. Seattle lawyer Daniel Harris, who practices often in China, said lawyers in Shanghai expect the government to get involved. "There's talk of shutting down two or three firms just as an example."Trending Stories
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