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► LATERAL HIRES Name
Leaving
Gregory Sy
Lehman, Lee & Xu Grandall Legal Group
Going to
Practice
Location
Corporate structuring and transactions
Beijing
John Chu
General Motors
Lawrence Guo
Freshfields
Broad & Bright
Investment, financing and corporate
Beijing
Broad & Bright
FDI, M&A, capital markets
Daniel Zhang
TDK
Beijing
Otsuka China
Head of legal
Shanghai
Ignatius Hwang
Freehills
Bryan Cave
International trade and projects
Hong Kong
Calvin Lai
Sullivan & Cromwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Corporate
Hong Kong
Peter Chow
Baker & McKenzie Bryan Cave
International arbitrations and construction disputes
Hong Kong
► PROMOTIONS Firm
Name
New role
Location
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Antony Dapiran
Partner
Beijing
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Kevin Ban
Partner
Shanghai
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Anthony Wang
Partner
Shanghai
Linklaters
William Liu
Partner
Shanghai
Linklaters
David Irvine
Partner
Hong Kong
Linklaters
Kunal Thakore
Partner
Hong Kong
Various
Broad & Bright
Broad & Bright to boost corporate work Beijing-headquartered Broad & Bright has appointed John Chu, former head of legal at General Motors in Beijing, and Lawrence Guo, previously a senior associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Beijing, as partners. The firm now has nine partners in total. Both new partners have extensive experience in handling foreign investment and corporate matters, and are set to give a boost to the firm’s expertise in corporate practices.
世泽引进涉外人才 总部设于北京的世泽律师事务所已委任前通用汽车 驻北京公司法律顾问储贺军及原富而德律师事务所 北京代表处高级律师郭林军担任合伙人。该所目前共 有九名合伙人。 两名新合伙人均在外商投资领域拥有丰富执业经 验,他们的加入将使该所的公司以及涉外法律业务更 进一步。
Lehman, Lee & Xu
Grandall adds one in Beijing Gregory Sy has joined Grandall Legal Group in Beijing as a partner and foreign counsel from Lehman, Lee & Xu. His practice includes general business advisory for SME businesses in China, particularly in the areas of international corporate
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Gregory Sy, Grandall Beijing
structuring and transactions. He has represented clients such as the Consulate of the United States of America in China, the Embassy of Brazil, various publicly listed companies, along with numerous SMEs operating in a wide range of industries. Sy is admitted to the New York Bar.
国浩在京合伙人再添一员 此前就职于雷曼律师事务所北京分所的施就明律师近 日加盟国浩律师集团(北京)事务所,并担任合伙人兼 资深外国法律顾问。其专业特色在于为国内中小型企 业提供公司法以及商业法律服务,尤为擅长离岸公司 组建与离岸交易设计。其客户包括美国驻华领事馆、 巴西大使馆、各类上市公司,以及各行业领域的众多其 它中小型企业。施律师为纽约市律师协会的成员。
TDK China
Otsuka China
Otsuka China hires head of legal from TDK The former legal manager at TDK’s Greater China regional headquarters in Shanghai has decided to head the in-house legal team at Otsuka (China) Investment. Fully owned by Japan Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Otsuka (China) Daniel Zhang, Investment is responsible for Otsuka China investing and managing Otsuka’s invested enterprises in China. “The pharmaceutical industry in China is significantly growing. As [one of the] top five pharmaceutical companies in Japan, Otsuka China will create an increasing amount of challenging and
diverse legal work for its in-house legal team,” said Daniel Zhang. Currently, the in-house team consists of three legal counsel. Zhang expects there will be more M&A transactions by his company, and his in-house team will need to work with external counsel in certain deals. Firms on Zhang’s panel list include King & Wood, Haworth & Lexon, Jin Mao Kai De and Shanghai Patent law firm.
大冢(中国)投资有限公司聘请前TDK法务 经理 TDK大中华地区上海总部的前任法务经理章澄已决 定出任大冢(中国)投资有限公司的法务部主管。 大冢(中国)投资是日本大冢制药株式会社的在华 独资企业,同时也是大冢制药集团在中国的总部,主 要负责开展在华投资并对所投资企业进行管理。 章澄表示:“医药行业是目前中国几大最具发展市 场和魅力的行业。大冢在全球医药行业前50名中排名 第25位,在日本国内名列第五。所以我很想投身如此 的行业公司,其相应的法务工作也会因此更具多样性 和挑战性。” 目前,该公司法务部由三名法律顾问组成。章澄预 计,公司在将来会有更多并购事务,而且随着业务的 不断深入和多样化,必然会更多使用外部事务所。金 杜、和华利盛、金茂凯德、上海市专利事务所等等都 在考虑之列。
Various
Various
UK leviathans reveal partnership appointments Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have both revealed their latest round of appointments to partnership. Allen & Overy announced 28 new partners globally, with five Lee Taylor, of these from Asia. The new Clifford Chance Asia-based partners are corporate Shanghai-based lawyers Richard Kim and Ji Zou, and Hong Kongbased William Woo and Roger Lui, from the corporate and banking practices respectively. The fifth partner is Suparerk Auychai of the Bangkok banking practice. Meanwhile, Clifford Chance has Andrew Brereton, Clifford Chance appointed 35 new partners, with only two based in Asia. These are Singapore-based Lee Taylor and Andrew Brereton, from the corporate and finance areas respectively. It is tempting to draw a comparison between the two announcements and to draw inferences from the lower number of Asian partners appointed by Clifford Chance and the emphasis on Singapore. However, a spokesperson affirmed the firm’s commitment to balanced growth across Asia and pointed out that the most recent hires needed to be seen in the context of senior partner hires in Asia over the past two years. These included corporate partner Rupert Li and finance expert Bruce Schulberg in Beijing, litigator Brian Gilchrist ISSUE 5.5