After initially flirting with the prospect of forming a joint venture with struggling U.S. firm CKR Law, China’s massive Yingke Law Firm has begun to expand its own firm stateside—with nearly the same name and a few of the same attorneys as it would have had with CKR.

YK Law, an LLP, registered in New York on Sept. 27. YK Law says it’s a U.S. firm that is associated with Yingke International, which has said in marketing materials that it has over 8,000 lawyers around the world, including 7,850 in China.