08:00 AM | As DLA Piper celebrated the hire of a former Minter Ellison Shanghai managing partner to its partnership, Minter Ellison touted his replacement.
18 January 2010 | DLA Piper has hired a former Australian lawyer as a partner in its China team.
13 January 2010 | The law firm that worked on BaoSteel Group's recent $285.6m investment in ASX-listed Aquila has justified its self-proclaimed position as a leading adviser to Chinese SOEs on inbound investment
7 December 2009 | Freehills is acting for Indophil Resources on its newly announced A$545 million takeover bid by China's Zijin Mining.
1 December 2009 | An Australian law firm says its role in the Baosteel acquisition of an Australian iron ore company has secured its position as a leader in this field.
26 October 2009 | Foreign investors were involved in all seven of the Australian-based public takeovers and schemes of arrangement over $1 billion, which were announced in the last financial year.
13 October 2009 | Corrs has advised China Metallurgical Co Ltd on the Australian aspects of the world's second largest IPO of 2009.
7 October 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for Rio Tinto in the negotiation of its investment agreement with the Mongolian Government for its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project, signed last night.
17 September 2009 | A Sydney law firm is acting for the Chinese owners of the massive multiplayer online game, which has filed a case against a British blogger for defamation. 1 comment
16 September 2009 | An old-pal lawyer friend of US president Barack Obama will be the new US ambassador to Australia.
9 September 2009 | The full extent of the emailing scams targeting Australian law firms is becoming clear.
31 August 2009 | Bird & Bird has formed an alliance with Beijing IP boutique Xiang Kung Law Firm, with the aim of strengthening its contentious capabilities in China.
26 August 2009 | One small mining company tests boundaries of iron ore deals with China. Clayton Utz advises.
11 August 2009 | China's legal rights movement is reeling as a government crackdown on crusading lawyers has culminated in the detention of a widely respected rights defender, lawyer Xu Zhiyong. 1 comment
7 August 2009 | Law firms in Hong Kong and the rest of China have been saved the fate of many of their western peers. Robert Sawhney, a law firm consultant based in Hong Kong, explains why.
6 August 2009 | Australian property firm Goodman Group plans to raise A$1.8 billion to strengthen its balance sheet. Freehills has scooped a place on the deal.
18 June 2009 | Mallesons is the only Australian law firm to gain a place on the Hong Kong initial public offering by Lumena Resources Corp.
18 June 2009 | A lawyer has spoken publicly competition law as the media drew connections about how Rio Tinto's rejection of a tie-up worth US$20 billion from a Chinese company two weeks ago threatened to start a diplomatic row.
9 June 2009 | The collapsed $19.5 billion Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal may help foster more deal making from China, a Deacons lawyer has claimed.
27 May 2009 | Global miner Rio Tinto says its $19.5 billion tie-up with Chinalco is an evolving deal, and is still subject to shareholder consultation.
14 April 2009 | DOING deals in China just got riskier. Following the block of Coca-Cola's $2.4 billion takeover of the nation's biggest juice manufacturer, two of Australia's top law firms confirm M&A work in China is changing.