Debevoise & Plimpton(德普) law firm news

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。

Former BASF Shanghai senior in-house counsel, Chang Yujie, has recently joined Global Law Office as partner in its Beijing office. At the same time, two partners Wang Xuelan and Liu Xuemei were promoted to the partnership.

前任化工公司巴斯夫大中华地区的高级法律顾问常玉杰近日加入了环球律师事务所，成为了环球所北京总部的合伙人。同时， 环球也晋升了2004年加入该所的刘学梅和王雪岚律师为北京合伙人。

King & Wood, Freshfields and Debevoise are representing AIA in its highly anticipated Hong Kong IPO. As the issuer has businesses and operations in 15 markets in the region, a large number of local firms in these jurisdictions have also been engaged for legal support.

美国国际集团(AIG)旗下友邦保险近日正式启动备受关注的公开招股，将于29日挂牌，计划集资约200亿美元。除金杜、富而德以及德普三家大所任发行人律师外，还有多家亚洲律所也为此上市项目提供过了法律意见和服务。

Debevoise & Plimpton partner Drew Dutton will relocate to Hong Kong from Paris, in a strategic move to expand the firm’s financial services and transactional private equity platforms in Hong Kong.

Norton Rose dispute resolution partner Guy Spooner has been appointed to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) board of directors, effective 1 October 2010.

A rising trend of consolidation amongst Asian companies have led to a paradigmatic shift in cross-border M&A deal flows as well as increasing the demand for intra-Asian legal advice served.

India’s AZB & Partners, Singapore’s WongPartnership and Korea’s Kim & Chang have benefited from a resurgence in Asian (ex Japan and Australasia) M&A in the first half of this year by claiming the top three spots on legal advisory leader boards, according to data released by mergermarket.

London has once again emerged as Australia’s main competitor for top legal talent after revelations that Bingham McCutchen is offering newly qualified lawyers £100,000 (A$175,000) salaries

Paul Hastings, who acts as regular external counsel to advise on legal and regulatory matters for Sino-Ocean, was recently instructed on the China Life US$750m acquisition of Hong Kong-listed Sino-Ocean Land Holdings’ shares.

中国人寿向中国中化收购远洋地产4.23亿股旧股，收购后国寿成为远洋地产第一大股东。

In one of Taiwan's largest M&A transactions in recent years, international and local Taiwan firms have been working together to facilitate AIG's US$2.15bn sell-off of its Taiwan life insurance unit - Nan Shan Life Insurance.

International firms can't practice in India, but there's nothing to stop them from hiring an India expert in another jurisdiction

Recent PRC regulatory measures designed to curb investment inflows from offshore may have discouraged some bigger private equity deals, but private equity lawyers say investors continue to find China attractive - as they return to the old days of direct onshore investment

On the cusp of a possible opening to foreign competition, Korea's top law firms have come down with a bout of wanderlust. Following the lead of an outbound client base, they are setting up a growing network of offices overseas. Ben Abbott reports.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has managed to reel in another high-level recruit in Hong Kong, appointing former Debevoise & Plimpton international counsel Mark Lee as a partner.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has managed to reel in another high-level recruit in Hong Kong, appointing former Debevoise & Plimpton international counsel Mark Lee as a partner. As Lee is a Korea specialist and brought across Korea-focused of counsel David Cho with him, the recruits potentially give Orrick a ready-made Korea practice.

New Zealand firm Bell Gully has added three senior associates to its offices in Auckland and Wellington.