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Asia Deals: Week of May 7

BY Rowena Muñiz |

Skadden, Maples, CC, JunHe and Jingtian & Gocheng star on Xiaomi's $10 bln IPO, AZB & Partners on Bharti's $14 bln mega-merger with Indus Towers, and many more in this week's Asia Deals table.
Shanghai: K&L lands partners from Links, Llinks

BY Raj Gunashekar |

K&L Gates has welcomed corporate partners Simon Poh and Amigo Xie in Shanghai from Linklaters and Llinks Law Offices, respectively.
Shanghai: Ropes & Gray welcomes M&A partner from Weil

BY Eileen Ang |

Ropes & Gray has hired M&A specialist Jieni Gu, a former counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, as a partner in its Shanghai office.
Broad & Bright welcomes back partner from Siemens in-house role

BY Shangjing Li |

China’s Broad & Bright has welcomed back Zhang Libin as a partner in Beijing from Siemens, where he headed that company’s in-house M&A team in Asia and Australia.
Shearman nabs China M&A partner from K&E

BY Shangjing Li |

Shearman & Sterling has bolstered its China M&A practice with the addition of Stephanie Tang as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis.
China's Dalian Wanda to buy sports marketing group Infront

BY Reuters |

China's Dalian Wanda Group Co is buying Swiss sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media AG, marking the property firm's latest move into entertainment, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
北京大成律师事务所将与德同国际律师事务所合并 打造全球最大规模律所

BY Shangjing Li |

北京大成律师事务所将与德同国际律师事务所（Dentons）合并，此举可能打造出全球规模最大的律师事务所
Fenwick & West hires M&A partner from Kaye Scholer in Shanghai

BY Shangjing Li |

Fenwick & West has bolstered its M&A practice in China after hiring Niping Wu from Kaye Scholer as a corporate partner in the firm’s Shanghai office.
Alibaba buys controlling stake in AdChina

BY Reuters |

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has bought a controlling stake in online marketing company AdChina, an investment aimed at bolstering its advertising business.
Alibaba 'to buy $550 mln stake in One97 Communications'

BY Reuters |

China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its unit Alipay are in advanced talks to buy a stake for about $550 million in India's One97 Communications, which owns an online payment platform, sources directly involved in the transaction said.