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Dorsey & Whitney expands from Shanghai to Beijing
Having opened in Shanghai 14 years ago, Dorsey is now opening a second office in China in Beijing under the management of corporate partner Frank Hong.
Amnesty International tackles China over targeting lawyers
The signatures of about 29,000 people who are demanding the release of 230 lawyers in China have been handed in to the Chinese ambassador in London in anticipation of the visit this week of the President of the People's Republic.
Russian law firm set to launch offices in China
Pepeliaev Group LLC, one of the biggest legal practices in Russia, has announced that it will open offices in the People's Republic.
Legal reforms in China spark brain drain
Changes intended to streamline China's judicial system are leading judges and officials to step down over concerns about long hours, low pay and intense pressure.
Numbers of foreign firms in China declines for first time
The total number has fallen from 178 to 170 in the last 12 months, according to figures published by the Chinese Ministry of Justice.
Chinese legal profession lives in fear, says ex-judge
The whole of the Chinese legal profession is concerned about its position, with the majority of lawyers frightened of being forced to have 'chats' with the authorities, according to a lawyer and former judge who is now in the US.
Garrigues opens in Beijing to extend push through Asia
Taken with lawyers based in its ten-year old office in Shanghai, the Spanish law firm will now have a team of 20 lawyers working in Asia.
Top 30 Chinese law firms see boom in revenue growth
All of the top 30 Chinese law firms, bar one, saw 'stellar' growth over the last year, according to The Lawyer China Elite 2015. Beijing-based Han Kun had the strongest growth, with its revenue jumping by 78 per cent.
China's third largest firm votes to stay independent
Zhong Lun decided on its next phase of development at a partner conference at the weekend - to remain independent and build up a global 'best friends' network rather than going down the merger route.
Alston & Bird opens Beijing office under litigator chief
An IP litigator is to head the new office, the firm's first in Asia and second outside the US.
China crisis highlights legal need to pick strong business partners
China's economic problems are likely to weed out the weaker local businesses, meaning that foreign investors have to be more careful to chose smart local entities to partner with, according to the China Law Blog.
Top Chinese firm moves to reward high-flyers
Haiwen, the only top rank Chinese firm to adopt a lock-step remuneration system for partners, has introduced a system which will reward younger lawyers who are in danger of being recruited by rivals.
Chinese lawyer numbers grow by 20,000 a year
The total is expected to reach 300,000 by the end of 2015 - but the government says that present levels of professionalism are not high enough.
Multinationals count the cost of Tianjin explosion
Multinationals are counting the cost of the explosion in the Chinese port city of Tianjin last week, with rating agency Fitch declaring on August 18 that the insurance bill could reach US$1.5bn. The blasts killed 114 people and injured more than 700.
China plans legal research centres to aid 'One Belt, One Road' initiative
The Supreme People's Court has established a research centre at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law to deal with legal affairs for the 'One Belt, One Road' foreign investment scheme.
China urged to improve maritime laws and use more lawyers
The Liaoning Xin Min Gong law firm has told the shipping sector that it misunderstands basic legal concepts and needs to be 'regulated with more accuracy'.
Foreign lawyers could risk liberty in China after mass arrest of local peers
A professor of Chinese law has warned that it is not just Chinese lawyers who could be at risk of arrest in the People's Republic - but also foreign lawyers working there.
In-house lawyers warned of short-changing themselves on China deals
US participants in Chinese joint ventures routinely think they are making 'easy money' because the Chinese partner often appears to have limited interest in the terms of the main contract - but they could lose out nonetheless, says an expert.
China targets human rights lawyers
A number of human rights lawyers have been detained by the Chinese authorities in the past week.
MoFo lawyer describes landmark China merger project
Hong Kong-based M&A partner at Morrison & Foerster Charles Chau has described the tight timetable and other complications in the merger of the state's two train manufacturers, at the order of the government, last year.