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Jun He Law Offices recently added former King & Wood partner Huang Xiaoli to its Guangzhou squad of capital markets infrastructure and project financing.

Herbert Smith continued assisting Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corp’s (SIPC) acquisition of Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd (APLNG), and advised on the latter’s additional $1.1 billion equity investment to increase its stake by 10 percent.

The new King & Wood Mallesons successfully completed the first joint case after their merger in December 2011. The new law firm had advised China’s Shenhua Group on its acquisition of an Australian wind farm.

Herbert Smith recently represented French specialty chemicals group Arkema in its $365 million purchase of Chinese companies Suzhou Hipro Polymers and Casda Biomaterials.

Wintell & Co recently set up shop in Zhejiang province’s Zhoushan and Ningbo cities. The new offices have helped Wintell cement its strategic stronghold in China’s Yangtze River Delta, and have extended its reach to major ports in China’s eastern seaboard.

U.S. firm Morrison & Foerster ushered in the new year by electing 14 lawyers to partnership across nine out of its 15 global offices in January this year. Two of the 14 promotions took place at the firm’s Tokyo and Hong Kong offices.

Former Clifford Chance Asia finance partner Bruce Schulberg, who was with the firm’s Beijing branch till recently, will be joining the Singapore office of Hogan Lovells on Jan. 30 this year.

U.S. firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson recently recruited former Herbert Smith partner Carolyn Sng to shore up its Hong Kong office’s corporate capabilities.

PRC maritime legal heavyweight Wang Jing & Co ushered in the new year by elevating three lawyers to partnership effective Jan. 1, 2012. The newly appointed trio are John Wang Jun, Sun Hua and Xu Fubin.

Dacheng Law Offices, one of the largest law firms in Asia and the first Chinese firm to enter into a joint law venture (JLV) in Singapore, has severed ties with its original partner, Central Chambers, and formed a new JLV with Wong Alliance. The new venture will be called Dacheng Wong Alliance (DCWA).

China’s largest property insurer PICC Property & Casualty Co braved the volatile market and raised RMB 5 billion ($790 million) through simultaneous shares issued at the Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses in December last year.

Sichuan’s legal heavyweight ZhongHao Law Firm recently inked an agreement with the Hungarian consulate in Chongqing to facilitate legal advisory for Sino-European trade makers in the wake of the torrid influx of foreign investment into China’s western frontier, and more PRC companies venturing into Eastern Europe for trade and asset acquisitions.

Linklaters, King & Wood, Clifford Chance and Jun He Law Offices have ushered in the issue of the first RMB-denominated bond that is listed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Zhong Lun Law Firm has represented SOHO China Ltd in its 4 billion yuan ($633 million) purchase of 50 percent interest in Shanghai’s most expensive property development project, the Bund 8-1 Land.

U.S. firm Jones Day ushered in the new year with six partnership promotions across its offices in Greater China, Tokyo and Sydney.

Energy and M&A advisory powerhouse Vinson & Elkins recently promoted three energy and projects lawyers to partnership in Greater China, as it bids to capture cross border transactions stemming from China’s rising demand for fuel from overseas.

Zhong Lun Law Firm has recruited two new partners, and promoted 17 counsels in its five offices across the country to further reinforce its international practices and build its talent reserves.

Paul Hastings has advised and represented Chinese food processing major Shuanghui International Holdings Limited (Shuanghui International) on a massive general offer of $2.5 billion to acquire all the stakes of one of the latter’s Shenzhen-listed subsidiaries, Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co Ltd (Shuanghui Investment), from other shareholders including Goldman Sachs, CDH Investments, and PE fund New Horizon Capital.

Run Ming Law Office recently represented renowned Chinese pianist Li Yundi to invalidate a trademark for piano products registered under the name of “Yundi” by another individual.

Grandall Law Firm recently hired intellectual property law expert Simon Fang Shilong to enhance the IP capability of its Shanghai office.