International law firm Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Anthony (Tony) Jacobsen has joined its Shanghai office as a partner, effective November 1, 2011.

Global law firm White & Case LLP announced today that it has expanded its China M&A practice with the hire of new partner, Alex Zhang, from Jones Day. Mr Zhang joins the Firm as head of its Shanghai office, as well as head of its China corporate and M&A practice.

Recently, foreign-related litigation, arbitration and maritime experts Niu Lei and Li Chen Biao joined the Shanghai office as partners. Their admission would further promote the rapid development of the law firm in the area.

Ropes & Gray announced today that leading intellectual property lawyer Geoffrey Lin has joined the firm in its newly opened Shanghai office, providing enhanced service to clients on their transactions and disputes in China and throughout Asia.

Ropes & Gray today announced it has opened a new office in Shanghai, its third in Asia, to support clients with business and investment interests in China.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised Treasury China Trust (“TCT”), a leading owner, developer and manager of commercial real estate in China listed on the Singapore Stock exchange, in its acquisition and financing of the Huai Hai Mall complex in Shanghai, China. Huai Hai Road is one of Shanghai’s major precincts for high-end and luxury brand retail shops.

Ogier has opened an office in Shanghai as it further expands its worldwide network.  The move is at the heart of our strategy to provide the most innovative and comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services, through a significant presence in each of the world’s key financial centres and across all time zones.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that on May 1, 2011, it opened an office in Shanghai, China, officially named Blank Rome LLP Shanghai Representative Office, USA. The Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China granted the Firm a Practicing License to open a foreign representative office in Shanghai in late March 2011.

Baker & McKenzie recently acted for Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. (“Sinopharm”), China’s largest pharmaceutical products distributor, on its new H Share placement raising approximately HK$3.4 billion.  Sinopharm issued an aggregate of 138,056,825 H Shares at a placing price of HK$25 per H Share.  The net proceeds will be used for the expansion of Sinopharm’s pharmaceutical distribution and retail network as well as for liquidity replenishment.

The Hong Kong office of international law firm Eversheds has advised Hong Kong-based company Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (“CTF”) on an US$518 million property deal involving the purchase of a 70 percent stake in Shanghai Four Seasons Hotel and a 90 percent stake of two land plots in the Qingpu district in Shanghai from Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.