Mid-Level ICM Associate - Hong Kong 

This leading firm is seeking a mid-level ICM associate for its Hong Kong office. Candidates must possess up to five years of post-qualification experience handling general securities matters, particularly drafting disclosures in areas like debt capital markets and equity capital markets. Mandarin or Korean language skills, along with experience gained in Hong Kong or English law, are a plus.

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On October 26, 2010, the RMB Rising Seminar: What Do the Recent Moves Toward Yuan Liberalization Signify? will be held at the Renaissance Harbour View, Hong Kong. Hosted by FinanceAsia, there will be numerous industry experts, including leading investors and bankers, speaking throughout the day on the implications of recent currency reform moves by Beijing on capital controls. A particular focus of the seminar will be on investor access to China, corporate finance opportunities, and the impact of RMB liberalization on FX markets.  Attendance is open to general registration. For more information on the conference or to register a place, please go to http://www.financeasia.com/Conference/230194,rmb-rising.aspx.

Allen & Overy has relocated London partner Gary McLean to Hong Kong and has named him head of the firm’s Asia-Pacific corporate practice. The move underscores the firm’s expanded corporate presence across Asia, which includes their recent office openings in Jakarta and Australia. Mr. McLean, who has been with A&O since 1988 and a partner since 1996. He had previously worked at the firm’ Hong Kong office and focuses his practice on M&A, asset financing, outsourcing transactions, joint ventures and corporate recovery work. More recently, Mr. McLean served as US counsel to the international underwriters for the Agricultural Bank of China, the work’s largest IPO.

Sheppard Mullin has added Jenny Liu, previously with DLA Piper’s Beijing office, as Special Counsel at their Shanghai office.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will launch a new office in Hong Kong, its second in Asia after opening a Shanghai office in 2008. The new office will include Weiheng Chen, recently hired from Milbank, who has been named as the Co-head of Wilson Sonsini’s China practice. Mr. Chen will work in collaboration with the firm’s current head of China, Carmen Chang, in opening the office in the coming months. The expansion into Hong Kong is due to the volume of Chinese cross-border transactions and the move of many US client operations of China, said Wilson Sonsini CEO Steve Bochner.

Minter Ellison has officially opened its third office in Greater China, with the recent opening of its Beijing office. Minter which has had offices in Hong Kong since the early 1980s and a Shanghai office since 1999, will focus it’s Beijing practice on outbound M&A and inbound and outbound investment opportunities. The team in Beijing will include partner Sam Farrands, as well as lawyers Tim Knowles, Andrew Thomson and Kevin Zhou.

Recently, Tokyo reported Japan’s economy to be valued at $1.28 trillion in the second quarter. Japan’s economy grew only 0.4%- substantially less than expected. China’s economy, on the other hand is reported to be worth $1.33 trillion, replacing Japan as the second largest economy in the world. Although China was forecasted to be an economic superpower in the near future, Monday’s figures are the proverbial “proof in the pudding”. Japan has been regarded by the World Bank as the second biggest economy for more than thirty years. Based on Japan’s economic growth in the 1980’s, many economists predicted that Japan would surpass the United States and become the largest economy in the world. But, based on the last decade of rather stagnant economic growth, Japan has assumed the role of third largest economy in the world this quarter.

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, led by firm partners Greg Miao, Peter Huang and Moshe Kushman, has advised Camelot Information Systems, Inc., a leading domestic Chinese provider of enterprise applicatino services and financial industry information technology services, in its US$150 million IPO of American depositary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO is the largest U.S. IPO from China this year, as well as the biggest IPO of an outsourcing Chinese IT company ever. 

Shearman & Sterling LLP, led by firm partners Matthew Bersani and Russell Sacks, has been involved in a deal that represents the first U.S. IPO by an Indian company since 2006. The firm advised the underwriters, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, with regard to the NASDAQ listing and the US$70 million IPO of ordinary shares of MakeMyTrip Limited. MakeMyTrip Limited is a subsidiary of MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited, which is India’s largest online travel agency. 

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Junior/Mid-Level Litigation Associates - Hong Kong 

This leading international firm is seeking a multiple junior to mid-level litigation associates for its Hong Kong office. Candidates must have between two and five years of post-qualification experience handling litigation matters. Candidates must also be team-players, be able to manage a team of junior associates, trainees and paralegals on contentious matters, and be able to develop client relationships through business development, training and other initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess considerable banking and finance litigation experience at an elite international or local firm, along with a strong academic background, and outstanding interpersonal and client management skills.

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Partner Dixon Hearder joined Baker & McKenzie Sydney’s tax practice. He was formerly a partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and led the tax practice in their Sydney office. Dixon’s tax experience includes an expertise in stamp duty and transfer pricing in regards to advising Australian and international clients on Australian tax law. He earned his Bachelors of Commerce and Law from the University of South Wales. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sidney and is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.

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Senior-Level Litigation Associate - Hong Kong 

This leading international firm is seeking a senior-level litigation associate for its Hong Kong office. Candidates must have at least five years of post-qualification experience handling litigation matters. Candidates must also be team-players, be able to manage a team of junior associates, trainees and paralegals on contentious matters, and be able to develop client relationships through business development, training and other initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess considerable banking and finance litigation experience at an elite international or local firm, along with a strong academic background, and outstanding interpersonal and client management skills.

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K&L Gates has bolstered its corproate practice by adding W Rose Zhu to its Beijing office. Zhu, who is leaving Allen & Overy LLP, recently led the team that advised on the global offering of common shares by the Agricultural Bank of China Limited, the world’s largest IPO in 2010. Zhu possesses extensive experience throughout the United States, Hong KOng and China, advising both international and Chinese companies in capital markets, mergers & acquisitions and financings. Zhu, a P.R.C. native, has led many pioneering and high-profile transactions, while also regularly counseling a number of leading P.R.C. institutions and regulators.

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