Morrison & Foerster has relocated partner Chuck Comey from Shanghai to Palo Alto. Comey has spent the last 16 years in Asia. He first spent nine years in Morrison’s Tokyo office at which point he moved to Shanghai to launch the firm’s new office.

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has gained a corporate partner in Shanghai. Don Williams joined the Corporate group from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He earned his J.D. From Harvard Law School cum laude.

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Ropes & Gray has snagged Hogan & Hartson’s Shanghai managing partner. Arthur Mok has joined as a corporate partner to help boost Ropes’ China practice. The firm is committed to growth in China and is planning on opening an office in Shanghai.

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WilmerHale has decided to widen its Asia network with the launching of a Shanghai office.  The process has begun to acquire a permit to practice in Shanghai.  WilmerHale currently has an office in Beijing and is even considering adding offices in Asia.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Nixon Peabody has taken on ex-Heller partner, Henry Liu, to oversee the China practice. Liu is to split his time between NY and Shanghai. Between 1995 and 2000, Liu was general counsel and director-general at the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Nixon Peabody welcomes Liu with open arms.

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DLA Piper is making its presence in Asia known with the recent hire of Kit Kwok. Kwok joins the firm’s China corporate practice as partner. DLA has also boosted its Asia practice by promoting five other lawyers to partner. Kwok, previously with Roosevelt Sino Retailers, will work out of the Shanghai office.

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Pillsbury has recently scored Thelen’s China practice! This news came after rumors that Thelen’s attempts to merge with Nixon Peabody were to no avail. The lateral team is led by partners, Louis Bevilacqua, Mary Utterback, Joseph Tiano Jr. and the former head of Thelen’s Shanghai office, Thomas Shoesmith. Shoesmith is now in charge of Pillsbury’s Shanghai office.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has boosted their practice in Asia by welcoming Eva H. Wang back to their firm, where she was once an associate. Wang was previously general counsel and vice president of legal affairs at Spreadtrum communications, a leading NASDAQ Chinese company. Wang brings her expertise of corporate law to the Shanghai office as partner.

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Nixon Peabody LLP has opened office in Shanghai. The branch is staffed by a rotating schedule of Nixon Peabody’s China group attorneys. But, it will not be long before it has a permanent staff looking after its affairs. This new addition makes the 17th city in which Nixon has set up camp.
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP opened an office in Shanghai, which brings the total number of offices in Asia Pacific to six. The Shanghai office is to focus on M&A, corporate finance and real estate.
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