Management at China’s fourth largest law firm DeHeng Law Offices have said they are mulling plans for an international tie-up just a week after the merger between rival Dacheng and global firm Dentons.

In an interview, managing partner and head of cross border transactions David Chen told Legal Week the Beijing-headquartered outfit had for some time been looking to tap China’s bulging outbound investment market, but declined to clarify what form a deal would take.