Shearman & Sterling law firm news

  • Outbound investment drives first PRC firm to South America
    | Friday, 24 December 2010

    With the increasing trade between China and Latin America, Shenzhen-based Guanghe has become the first PRC firm to establish an office in Latin America. The firm has recently set up a branch in Uruguay, which is operated under the name Guanghe Sud-America.

  • 第一家中国律所落户乌拉圭
    | Friday, 24 December 2010

    随着中国与南美贸易的增长,深圳广和近日在南美乌拉圭成立分所--广和(南美)律师事务所,这也是目前南美的第一家中国律所。

  • 前任世达律师柳宇华加盟奋迅
    | Wednesday, 15 December 2010

    奋迅律师事务所近日招募了基金律师柳宇华加盟该所成为合伙人。柳宇华在美国世达律师事务所纽约总部执业多年,主要从事基金设立, 资产管理机构的并购与投资,以及基金发起人和管理人上市的工作。

  • Abu Dhabi: King & Spalding hires energy lateral from Minters
    | Tuesday, 14 December 2010

    David Lavery, an oil & gas, LNG and mining specialist based in Minter Ellison’s Perth office, has joined King & Spalding as counsel in the firm’s Abu Dhabi office. Lavery is the second energy expert to join the firm’s Abu Dhabi office this year and 15th energy addition to King & Spalding’s global practice in the past 24 months. “The energy sector continues to be of strategic importance to the firm,” King & Spalding global energy practice co-leader Philip Weems said.

  • India and Middle East drive spike in arbitration instruction
    | Thursday, 11 November 2010

    The rise of intra-Asian trade and investment has ignited a swell of opportunities for international disputes, resulting in a growing amount of arbitration instruction hailing from emerging jurisdictions such as India and the Middle East, according to Singapore-based Clyde & Co partner Steven Lim.

  • HK: WongPartnership, Shearman Sterling, Herbert Smith in first Singaporean secondary listing
    | Monday, 1 November 2010

    Midas, a leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products, is the first Singapore-listed company to take advantage of an additional channel for capital-raising in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, changes to the HKSE listing rules saw a relaxation of criteria for companies to secondary list on the HKSE – in particular companies from the mining and petroleum sector – an option that few companies have exercised thus far.

  • Milbank jumps on IPO bandwagon with new HK head
    | Tuesday, 12 October 2010

    Milbank has poached Mallesons Stephen Jacques partner Dieter Yih (who is also the vice-president of the Law Society of Hong Kong) to capitalise on the IPO listings boom in Hong Kong and benefit from strong deal activity in mainland China.

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