International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Frank S. Hong has joined the Firm’s Corporate group as a partner in its Shanghai office. Mr. Hong’s practice focuses on advising multi-national corporations on Chinese inbound direct investment as well as domestic Chinese companies on outbound investment and doing business abroad, especially in the United States. He has substantial experience in international intellectual property, cross-border M&A and customs. Mr. Hong also manages commercial arbitration and litigation on behalf of Chinese clients.

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Baker & McKenzie is advising THL A21 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited (“Tencent”), China’s biggest internet group, as transaction counsel on its acquisition of a 36.5 per cent stake in Sogou Inc. (“Sogou”), one of the leading search and internet services provider in China. Sogou’s parent, Nasdaq-listed Sohu.com Inc., (“Sohu”) will remain the controlling shareholder and Sogou will continue to be an independent subsidiary. President Martin Lau and Tencent’s Chief Operating Officer Mark Ren, will join Sogou’s Board of Directors.

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Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Betty Tam will join the firm as a partner in Shanghai. Earlier this month, Guoqing Li joined the firm as a consultant in Beijing.

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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is pleased to announce that we opened our Shanghai Office on September 1, 2013 with the approval of the Ministry of Justice of China.

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Ashurst has advised Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc (Tianqi Lithium) in relation to its RMB¥3.68bn (A$646 million) acquisition of a 65% interest in Talison Lithium Limited.

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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announces that it is in the process of applying with the Department of Justice of the People’s Republic of China to open a Shanghai office. The Shanghai office, which will expand the Firm’s geographic reach to 16 offices in 14 markets, will mark MLA’s second in Asia following the March 2013 opening of the Seoul, South Korea office.

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Squire Sanders acted as lead legal advisers on the acquisition by a UK/China consortium of the entire issued share capital of Covpress International Holdings. The deal was lead out of the firm’s Birmingham office and involved a team of over 20 Squire Sanders lawyers based across its Birmingham and Shanghai offices.

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Foley announced today that Shao-Ying Mautner has joined the firm as a partner and chief representative of the firm’s Shanghai office. She is a member of Foley’s Transactional & Securities and China Practices.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group, on the sale of 97.5 million H shares in New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (NCI), representing 3.1% of the total issued share capital of NCI.

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP has moved into its new office premises at the recently completed Jing An Kerry Centre Tower II, located in Shanghai’s Jing An business district. The move marks the firm’s formal opening of its doors in China.

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