Pinsent Masons law firm news

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DLA Piper has appointed Sean Angle to lead its finance and projects practice group across the Middle East. Angle, who has over 20 years experience working in the region, joins the firm from Reed Smith and will bring with him two senior associates, Tim Watkins and Diwakir Agarwal.

Anthony Latimer has joined Norton Rose Australia as a partner in the corporate practice in Sydney. Latimer was previously with Corrs Chambers Westgarth where he was partner and co-head of the China Business Group and head of the PNG Business Group.

The Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Greater China, has finally secured adequate financial security after the developers were extended an RMB 29bn syndicated credit facility. The loan will enable the HZMB Authority to finance and operate the bridge.

港珠澳大桥管理局近日正式与大桥主体工程项目银团签订29亿元的贷款，这意味着世界上最长的跨海大桥-港珠澳大桥主桥的建设有了充足的资金保障。

Pinsent Masons and newly-formed projects and construction boutique Beijing Hesen Law Firm have entered into a long-term cooperation agreement designed to capitalise on what is expected to be a record year for Chinese infrastructure development.

品诚梅森与新成立的建筑地产专业律所合森达成长期合作协议，期望在中国大力发展基础设施的过程中，抢占更多法律服务市场份额。据了解，今年国家发改委计划在中国基础设施建设中投资上百亿人民币。

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。

At a time when many senior lawyers are leaving international firms in China to join ascendant domestic firms, the head of King & Wood’s taxation practice Stephen Nelson has made a lateral move to join DLA Piper in Hong Kong as a new partner of its Asian tax practice.

Clyde & Co’s construction practice seems to be growing as fast as some of the new skyscrapers appearing on city skylines around the region and the firm’s latest move – hiring ex-Minter Ellison partner Ian Cocking for its Hong Kong office – is in preparation for the launch of a China construction practice, due Jan 2011.

Pinsent Masons has lured former DLA Piper senior consultant Zu Ming to increase the offerings of its China corporate group.

曾在欧华上海办公室担任资深顾问的祖明律师，近期作为合伙人加盟品诚梅森的中国公司业务团队。

Asia will undergo infrastructure and arbitration booms in the next ten years and the expanding market has room to accommodate more foreign law practices.

Pinsent Masons has strengthened its banking & finance offering in the Gulf with the appointment of Islamic finance senior lawyer Amir Ahmad.

Jumeirah chief legal officer and general counsel Robert Swade has ruthlessly culled the group’s legal panel from 12 firms to five this year – with Al Tamimi, Mayer Brown, Clyde & Co and Pinsent Masons the only firms out of the original 12 to survive unscathed.

Andrew Lui has joined Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (EAPD) as the third partner in its associated Hong Kong office, Lister Swartz.

Pinsent Masons and its Singapore ally MPillay have converted their successful three-year old association agreement into a formal practice which will target the local dispute resolution market

Salans has appointed the former head of Bird & Bird’s Asia dispute resolution and China employment practices as a partner in its Hong Kong office.

Skadden has appointed Audrey Sokoloff as co-head of its Asia-Pacific practice.