Maddocks has today announced the opening of the new Canberra office to service its growing list of Commonwealth clients. This is the third office for the firm who opened its first office in Melbourne over 126 years ago, followed by the establishment of the Sydney office in 2002.

Zhong Lun Law Firm is pleased to announce the official opening of its new London office with the joining of a team of five solicitors and a total staff of nine legal professionals and support staff. Zhong Lun, one of the China “Big 3” national full-service law firms in the PRC, is the first top-tier Chinese law firm to enter the London market.

Hunton & Williams LLP announces Jeffrey M. Sullivan has joined the firm as a partner with the firm’s real estate capital markets practice. A former partner at DLA Piper, Sullivan focuses primarily on the real estate industry, regularly advising investment banks, public companies, including REITs and their boards of directors, private investment funds and other private businesses on capital raising, investment and other strategic transactions.

Lindquist & Vennum PLLP announced today that it has opened an office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The expansion will allow Lindquist & Vennum to broaden its already significant representation of business, banking, and trusts and estates clients in South Dakota.  Sioux Falls attorneys Lee Magnuson, Mary Akkerman, Amy Arndt, Dan Fritz, Brian Kirby, Amy Ross Lauck and Heath Oberloh are moving their practices to the new office.  Magnuson, a prominent Sioux Falls lawyer, will be the partner-in-charge of the new office, which joins the firm’s existing offices in Minneapolis and Denver.  Lindquist & Vennum, with nearly 200 attorneys, has earned quality rankings in a number of practice areas.  The firm maintains a strong commitment to pro bono and community service, with 100% attorney participation at levels that meet or exceed state and national pro bono standards.