A clutch of leading US law firms have opened their wallets to help China’s recent earthquake victims, writes The American Lawyer, including a number of firms with active China practices.

Firms to have contributed to various relief organisations working to aid the Chinese include New York’s Dewey & LeBouef and Sullivan & Cromwell; West Coast outfits Heller Ehrman, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; and the Chicago pair of Kirkland & Ellis and McDermott Will & Emery.