Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德) law firm news

Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德) (GLN) has advised the giant Chinese agribusiness group COFCO on the acquisition of Château de Viaud, a winery in the country’s famed Bourdeaux region. The transaction marks the first time that an SOE has directly entered the French wine sector and indicates that PRC companies are willing to look beyond their own rapidly-growing food & beverage (F&B) for growth.

Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德)(GLN) 协助中粮集团成功收购法国波尔多雷沃堡酒庄。中粮集团是中国农产品和食品加工业龙头企业。这次交易的成功使中粮成为中国第一家实现生产型海外收购的葡萄酒企业，也是中国国有企业首次进入法国著名的波尔多葡萄园。

Chad may be known as the ‘Dead Heart of Africa’ due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, but the landlocked country has benefited from one of its largest inbound investments seen in the past few years.

位于非洲中部的乍得，近期迎来了最大的一笔海外投资。此项由阳光国际（中国华油集团分公司）投资的150万美元的项目包括，位于首都恩贾梅纳的酒店建设和阳光国际工业园。基德律师事务所担任此项交易的法律顾问。

French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德) has poached an in-house lawyer as well as a senior lawyer from a rival firm to bolster its Vietnam practice.

White & Case has inked a tie-up with the Riyadh arm of Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德) in a renewed push to strengthen its Saudi practice after losing its Saudi sponsor to Latham & Watkins earlier this year.

Indian firm Crawford Bayley & Co has been successful in its tender to provide legal services on the follow-on public offering (FPO) of steel maker SAIL.

French firm Gide Loyrette & Nouel will exit the Middle East after announcing its intention to close its Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh offices.

Nishimura & Asahi, the largest of Japan’s “Big Four” law firms, has launched its first representative office in Southeast Asia. The new office in Ho Chi Minh will be the firm’s second overseas venture, after its first international office was launched in Beijing only three months ago.

European law firms are often overlooked in the legal market, having entered the region late and being still relatively small in size. Yet their growth strategies in the past few years, either through acquisitions or alliance building, mean they now warrant growing attention

Gide Loyrette Nouel(基德) has appointed Samuel Chau to its head of banking and finance (Hong Kong). Previously, Chau served as a consultant in the international finance group of Sidley Austin's Hong Kong office.

A plan by the Indian government to sell off stakes in state-owned companies has been good news for both international and local firms over the last year

The Shanghai expo, themed “Better City, Better Life”, is expected to attract between 70 and 80 million visitors and will be a significant event for Shanghai. Aside from the opportunities brought by the World Fair, the city remains a key focus for international and domestic law firms.

Global’s recent hiring of Lin Huawei and David Fu indicates a homeward trend in the legal job market.

球律师事务所近期任命两位从知名国际律师事务所加入的律师为合伙人，再次印证国际法律人才回归国内律所为大势所趋。

Gilbert + Tobin managing partner Danny Gilbert sent round an e-mail Friday announcing the appointment of five partners as the firm ramps up operations in anticipation of opening a new office in Melbourne

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has beefed up its IP Technology & Competition Group in Melbourne with the promotion of Mark McCowan to partner and the recruitment of Daniel Plane as an overseas legal adviser

Kensington Swan has sent a team of five people from its Auckland and Wellington offices to staff the firm’s new branch in Abu Dhabi

GLN has just boosted its tax capabilities in Vietnam with the appointment of Phan Thi Lieu, a lawyer from Deloitte, as head of its Vietnam tax practice.

While most firms battle it out with competitors in their search for legal talent, some are smarter than others when it comes to raising their profile in the upper echelons of the legal recruitment market. GLN has established a special awards ceremony to commend talented law students.