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Blank Rome LLP, one of America’s largest law firms, has opened an office in Shanghai — its second office in Greater China. Blank Rome’s Hong Kong office opened in 2006 due to their affiliation with international law firm,Healy & Baillie LLP.

Linklaters’ Dubai counsel David Charlier has joined Ashurst’s energy and infrastructure team as partner.

Tightening credit policies on Mainland China have driven strong growth in debt capital raisings in Hong Kong – with some lawyers predicting a bumper year for bond issues for the North Asian market.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Linklaters’ counsel Howard Lam to join the firm as partner.

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

Hong Kong corporate lawyer Charles Ching was among the latest to be promoted to ‘of counsel’ at Freshfields. His was also one of three recent ‘of counsel’ promotions in the corporate practice of Magic Circle firms.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is the latest in a long line of elite US firms to undergo localisation following the moves of other Hong Kong-based US firms – most recently Davis Polk and Latham & Watkins which underwent the same process in 2010.

As the Asian legal market goes from strength to strength, international firms have sought to bolster their offerings in the region. In particular, recent partnership promotions at leading UK firms have revealed a strong Asia focus.

Mayer Brown JSM has promoted Ben Sandstad to its partnership with additional responsibilities of heading the firm’s structured finance practice in Asia.

Following an exhaustive research process involving a record number of submissions from law firms and in-house legal departments this year, ALB is proud to announce the finalists for the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2011, the most important event on SE Asia's legal calendar.

According to an internal Bell Gully report, nearly 50% of partners at the firm undertook pro bono work in 2010.

Indonesia has been on the Australian legal industry’s radar for more than 20 years, but recent events have made it even more prominent.

The rivalry heats up amongst Tokyo-based international firms at the night of nights for Japan’s legal fraternity – the ALB Japan Law Awards 2011.

A huge cost leap has surfaced in the past 5-10 years for a number of jurisdictions as companies scramble to keep up with strengthening competition laws around the region, according to Baker & McKenzie special counsel Martin Commons.

Baker & McKenzie has hired James Kwan as a partner in its China dispute resolution practice. Kwan, who will join the firm on 1 March, comes from the Hong Kong office of Simmons & Simmons where he was also a partner.

Wang Jing & Co (WJC) have promoted Cao Yanghui and Xu Jun to the firm’s partnership. Both Cao and Xu are lawyers in the firm’s shipping practice.

近日，广东敬海晋升曹阳辉及徐军为律所合伙人。两者都是海事海商方面的专家。至此，敬海合伙人增加到17人。

2011 promises to be another year of intrigue and transformation for many of Australia and New Zealand’s best-known firms. ALB starts the year by nominating ten firms for whom 2011 will be a particularly critical year. Whether they are law firms primed for growth or ones that are looking to recover from a setback, here are the firms that have a point to prove to the market.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed four new partners to its banking and finance team, adding significant industry weight to the practice group.