Simmons & Simmons has just scored a lateral partner. Davis Wang leaves his position with King & Wood to join Simmons’ Beijing office. This makes Simmons & Simmons first lateral partner hire for the new office.

Source:  www.legalweek.com

Norton Rose has made a new lateral hire in Beijing. Michael Yu has left Global Law Office to join the firm. Yu focuses his opractice on Mergers and Acquisitions, IPOs and private placements. He will make the 6^th partner in Norton’s Beijing office.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Major Chinese law firm Jun He has opened their second U.S. office in Silicon Valley.  The firm hopes the office will allow them to better serve both U.S. and Chinese clients looking to do business between the two countries.  Jun He’s other U.S. office is in New York.

Source:  American Lawyer

With offices already operating in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Simmons & Simmons now has plans to launch a Beijing office.  The new office is still in the planning stages but has already gained partner approval.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Robert Lewis, the head of Lovells’ Beijing office, has left the firm to join Allbright. He leaves Lovells the same day that the firm officially merges with Hogan on May 1st. Lewis has spent the last nine years with Lovells.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Baker & Daniels LLP has hired Qiaozhu “Vivian” Chen as an associate in its Beijing office. Most recently, Chen worked as an intern in the Office of International Affairs. She will focus her practice on international law.

Source:  www.lawfuel.com

Steptoe & Johnson has just opened its first office in Asia. The first office resides in Beijing. Partner Eric Emerson has relocated from the firm’s Washington office to Beijing. Susan Munro, a lateral partner from O’Melveny & Myers, will also practice out of the new office.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Attorney Michael Fosh has dumped Herbert Smith for Reed Smith. Fosh joins later’s Beijing office as a corporate partner. He served as the Beijing chief representative for Herbert Smith.

Source:   www.thelawyer.com

Latham & Watkins LLP has opened an office in Beijing, making it the firms fifth office in Asia, and its third in China. This addition follows the launching of offices by Winston & Strawn LLP and Slaughter and May in China in 2009.

Source:  www.bloomberg.com

Winston & Strawn has hired Ge Xiangyang from Baker & McKenzie LLP. Xiangyang will be in charge of the firm’s new Beijing office. Winston & Strawn took over the Beijing and Shanghai offices from deceased firm Heller Ehrman LLP. Xiangyang focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions.

Source:  www.bloomberg.com