Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has bolstered its corporate practice with the hire of Ning Zhang as a partner in Beijing.

Zhong Lun Law firm has strengthened its capital market practice with the recent hire of partners Julia Zhu and Zhang Li in Shanghai.

Grandall Law Firm has opened in Silicon Valley, becoming the third outfit from China to open an office in the U.S. technology hub after the legacy King & Wood PRC Lawyers and JunHe Law Offices established presences there in 2001 and 2010, respectively.

Expansion-hungry Chengdu-based law firm Tahota has established a presence on China’s eastern seaboard after opening an office in Jinan, the capital of the coastal Shandong Province.

Beijing-based Jingtian & Gongcheng is on the verge of forming an association with Mayer Brown JSM in Hong Kong, as the Chinese firm establishes its first presence outside mainland China.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has boosted its Greater China practice with the hiring of Charles Ching as a corporate partner in Shanghai.

Qingdao-based Shandong Deheng Law Firm is set to be China’s first-ever listed law firm, setting a precedent for more than 20,000 law firms in the country by listing on the Qingdao Blue Ocean Equity Exchange, known as the “Four Board” or the regional over-the-counter (OTC) market in China.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised Xinhuanet, the online arm of China’s official Xinhua news agency, on its IPO, which could be worth more than $240 million.

Nanjing-based law firm C&T Partners has scored a key advisory role in Bank of Jiangsu’s planned Shanghai IPO that could raise up to $6.44 billion.

Dalian Wanda Group, China’s biggest real estate developer, is no longer interested in just being a developer. Its high-profile steps in the past six months are a convincing indicator that the conglomerate is moving elsewhere. How risky is its quasi-REITs product? How will this global juggernaut handle its transformation into an asset-light business? How will it navigate the choppy waters of Internet finance? Shangjing Li reports