http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp en-us 05/16/2012 Copyright 2008 incisivemedia. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/law/international/international_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp Ropes & Gray has added two new partners to its Hong Kong office. Julian Chung, formerly a capital markets partner with Norton Rose, will launch a Hong Kong law practice for Ropes & Gray. Gary Li, previously a counsel in the Hong Kong office of Paul Weiss, will join Ropes & Gray's private equity team. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553706743 2012-05-16 00:00:00 The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has reinstated a $55 million arbitral award, finding that the alleged instances of procedural unfairness were not sufficiently egregious to merit setting aside the award and that the lower court judge had improperly interfered with the arbitral tribunal's management of its case. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553316006 2012-05-14 00:00:00 India's Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated. The ship, now known as the Oriental Nicety, was recently bought by an Indian shipbreaking firm's Hong Kong-based subsidiary. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553047679 2012-05-10 00:00:00 Squire Sanders has hired former Sheppard Mullin partner Jenny Liu and former Sheppard Mullin special counsel Xudong Ni, who join as partners in the firm's Beijing and Shanghai offices, respectively. Rosa Ng, a former Sidley Austin associate, and Kam Law, a former Jones Day associate, are moving to Squire Sanders' Hong Kong office as partners. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202552842097 2012-05-09 00:00:00 Cadwalader has recruited a three-partner capital markets team from the Hong Kong office of Jones Day. The addition of Jeffrey Maddox, Joseph Lee and David Neuville comes amid a slump in deal activity dating back to the last quarter of 2011, but Cadwalader Asia practice head Rocky Lee said the firm had its eye on the long haul. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202552707442 2012-05-08 00:00:00 Walter Kwok, the former chairman of Hong Kong property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., has been arrested on suspicion of breaking the city's bribery laws. Kwok was forced out of the company by his billionaire brothers after a court battle in which the brothers claimed he was mentally ill. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202552000920 2012-05-07 00:00:00 Cleary Gottlieb has added Ling Huang, previously a partner with Shearman & Sterling, to its Beijing office. Huang acted as adviser to Shenzhen-based networking equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies on its $530 million buyout of Huawei Symantec Technologies, a joint venture it had launched with U.S. anti-virus software company Symantec. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202551425672 2012-05-04 00:00:00 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone is to open a Singapore office that will advise on mergers, joint ventures and arbitration in Southeast Asia. The firm is increasingly representing Dutch companies looking for opportunities to expand in Asia, a trend the firm said has intensified with economic uncertainties in Europe. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202551062031 2012-05-03 00:00:00 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has recruited New York partner Henry Liu from DLA Piper to be the head of its financial institutions infrastructure team for Greater China in Asia. Liu will primarily work in Pillsbury's New York office but will also spend significant time in the firm's Shanghai office. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202551042920 2012-05-03 00:00:00 Chinese law firm Fangda Partners is entering into an association with a Hong Kong firm to be set up by Peter Yuen, a litigation partner hired from Freshfields. Freshfields' Asia managing partner said Yuen's move will also benefit Freshfields, thanks to a plan to cross-refer dispute resolution work. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202550129575 2012-04-25 00:00:00