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Joseph Cha
Heller Ehrman
Proskauer Rose
Private equity
Beijing/Hong Kong
Ying Li
Heller Ehrman
Proskauer Rose
China practice
Beijing/Hong Kong
Fabiola Maria Suwanto
Perkins Coie
Bryan Cave
Estate planning and trust matters
Shanghai
Dawn Zhang
Faegre & Benson
Greenberg Traurig
Corporate & securities
Shanghai
Elaine Chen
Mayer Brown JSM
Clifford Chance
Commercial litigation
Nick Seddon
Heller Ehrman
Eversheds
Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Jincheng Tongda & Neal
James Liu
Beijing
Shanghai
Freshfields
Heiner Braun
Frankfurt
Shanghai
Proskauer Rose
Yuval Tal
New York
Hong Kong
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JT&N
JT&N expands international practice Jincheng Tongda & Neal (JT&N) has added five new partners and opened its second office in Beijing, as the result of its recent merger with NEED International. The firm has also appointed senior partner James Liu as the managing partner in its Shanghai office. The five new partners include Lan Lan, S Sam Li, Nancy Murphy, Wang Zhaohui and Li Jinghong. All five have international experience and had practised at NEED International before joining the firm. Lan Lan, the founder of NEED International, is now a senior partner in the newly merged firm. She held the position of general manager of John Hancock Life Insurance Company (China) before establishing NEED International. S Sam Li had served as chief IP and legal counsel of the Asia-Pacific region for Rohm and Haas, a leading American specialty materials company. Nancy Murphy (Meng Fei), a member of the New York Bar, has practised with Shearman & Sterling and Skadden. Senior partner James Liu, who has been promoted to managing partner of the firm’s Shanghai branch, is expected to strengthen the firm’s offering with regards to inbound foreign investments, private equity and venture capital investment as well as M&A in the Yangtze River Delta region. JT&N’s second Beijing office is located in Oriental Plaza, in addition to its headquarters in Hua Xia Building. The new office houses the IP department and part of the international department of the firm.
金诚同达拓展国际业务 金诚同达律师事务所（下称“金诚同达”）近期与
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NEED International合并，新增五位合伙人，并在北 京设立第二家办事处。 资深合伙人刘金志被任命为上海分所的主管合 伙人。 新加入的五位合伙人是蓝岚、李森、孟斐、王朝晖 和李京红。他们均有国际经验，在加盟金诚同达前效 力于NEED International。 蓝岚，NEED International创办人，现为新合并 事务所的资深合伙人，在创办NEED International 前曾任John Hancock Life Insurance Company (China)总经理。 李森，曾任美国著名特殊材料公司罗门哈斯 (Rohm and Haas)亚太区知识产权和法律总顾问。 孟斐，现为纽约大律师公会（New York Bar）会 员，曾在Shearman & Sterling和Skadden任职。 资深合伙人刘金志，升任上海分所主管合伙人，将 率领该所加强长三角地区的外商在华投资、私募基 金、风险创业投资和企业并购方面的业务。 金诚同达的第二家北京分所位于华夏大厦总部附 近的东方广场，作为知识产权部和国际部部分律师 的新办公区。
Heller Ehrman
Proskauer Rose
Heller’s pain translates to Proskauer’s gain Two partners in Heller Ehrman’s Beijing office will be joining a rival US firm. Joseph Cha, the former head of Heller’s Beijing office and the firm’s Asian private equity and fund formation practice, Ying Li and Ying Li, former partner at Heller who led the firm’s China business practice, have both joined Proskauer Rose as partners.
The departure of Cha and Li has left Heller Ehrman’s Beijing office partnerless and drifting into uncharted waters, while the addition of Cha and Li to Proskauer Rose’s partnership will facilitate the firm’s plan to expand into Asia. Proskauer expects to set up an office in Hong Kong within one month and in Beijing within six months to a year, subject to licence approval. Once the Hong Kong office is opened, Yuval Tal, a New York corporate partner who is an integral part of Proskauer’s Lodging & Gaming Practice, will become resident partner in the new office. All three partners will lead the firm’s entry into the region and help serve its clients as they build their businesses in China. “The Chinese and Pacific Rim economies are expanding at a robust rate, with projections showing that business activity in the area being likely to equal and even surpass that of the US and the EU in the not-too-distant future,” said Allen I Fagin, chairman of Proskauer. “This has not been lost on our clients, who also are expanding into Asia. It is essential that we be there too, not only to meet their needs but to capitalise on the many other opportunities available to us.” The firm’s Asia practice will mainly focus on three areas: lodging and gaming – a booming sector across the region; sports law – another growth industry as symbolised by the Beijing Olympics and the increasing globalisation of the world’s sports leagues; and investment funds – as private equity, hedge and sovereign wealth vehicles search out and capitalise on the multitude of opportunities in the region. Following the departure of Li and Cha, Heller Ehrman’s Asia regional managing shareholder Nick Seddon has also left the firm to join Eversheds, where he will be responsible for opening a Hong Kong office (see p20).
海陆忍痛割爱普士高喜获良才 美国海陆国际律师事务所北京办事处的两位合伙人 已转投美国的竞争对手麾下。 原海陆驻北京办事处主管、负责亚洲私募股本和 基金设立业务的Joseph Cha，以及曾任海陆合伙人 并负责中国业务的Ying Li（图），均以合伙人身份加 盟普士高。 Cha和Li的离去使海陆的北京办事处群龙无首，前 途未卜。而对普士高来说，此二人的加入可谓如虎添 翼，将有助该所实施进军亚洲的计划。 获发牌照后，普士高预料在一个月内就会开设香港 办事处，在半年到一年内开设北京办事处。香港办事 处开业后，Yuval Tal将出任常驻合伙人。Yuval Tal 现为纽约公司合伙人，负责该所的酒店和博彩业务。 这三位合伙人将率领香港分所进驻区内，为客户投 资于中国提供服务。 普士高主席Allen I. Fagin表示：“中国和环太平洋 经济体正在高速扩张，可以预见，当地的商业活动 将在不久的将来赶上甚至超过美国和欧盟。有鉴于 此，我们的客户也在向亚洲拓展。我们必须迎头赶 上，不仅要满足他们的需求，更要把握住许多其它 的机遇。” 普士高的亚洲业务集中在三方面：酒店和博彩业— 这是区内一个蓬勃兴起的领域；体育法律—北京奥 运会和世界各大体育联盟的全球化，足以说明这是又 ISSUE 5.10