Law Firm News

---

Law Firm News

Firm Name

News Title

News

News Date

25383 matches |  4901-4907 displayed

1  701 702 703 704 705  3627

---

Lane Powell PC

Tober Interviewed about Doing Business in China
Gary Tober, Chair of Lane Powell’s Tax Practice Group, was recently interviewed on tax aspects of doing business in China by 9Spaces, a Web site devoted to doing business in China. 9Spaces is a business portal that aggregates strategic information on China and provides online articles, links, RSS Feeds, podcasts and insights from practicing China experts, which now include Tober.

Dave Parker, CEO and founder of 9Spaces, interviewed Tober about tax issues relevant to cross-border business with China. Tober discusses domestic and Chinese tax issues for U.S. businesses doing business in China.

The 25-minute interview is available at http://www.9spaces.com/sp/en/pub/detail.jsp?id=2639. Listeners will need to register with 9Spaces.

Tober discusses tax compliance, liability exposure, dealing with IRS issues, income-tax treaties and corporate structure, and he speaks about the March 16 Draft Chinese Corporate Income Tax Law that will likely go into effect Jan. 1, 2008.

The interview closes with the steps companies should take once in the Chinese market, including issues such as the Value Added Tax, U.S. and Chinese tax issues around technology transfers, U.S. and Chinese transfer pricing rules and other high-compliance issues in the Chinese market.

Tober is an attorney and shareholder with Lane Powell, where he focuses on tax and business planning for U.S. and foreign corporations, partnerships and individuals.

06-08-2007

---

King & Spalding

King & Spalding Teams with DAV to Help Soldiers
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, has partnered with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to provide free legal representation for combat-injured service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., as they try to navigate the complicated military disability rating process.

King & Spalding has done substantial pro bono work on other issues, but joined DAV after complaints about problems with the military’s disability system, which determines such things as whether a service member receiving a one-time separation benefit or monthly payments for life if they must leave the military because of disabilities.

Depending on response, the effort may be expanded to military hospitals elsewhere, with lawsuits filed to force compliance with federal law, which requires that the "benefit of the doubt" be given to veterans in disability claims.

Additional details about the partnership can be found by going to: www.dav.org/news/news_20070606.html

The King & Spalding legal team participating in this unique partnership includes Sedwick Sollers, Managing Partner of King & Spalding's Washington, D.C. office, partner Jennifer Bragg, and associate Ehren Halse-Stumberg.

The 1.3 million-member Disabled American Veterans, a non-profit organization founded in 1920 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1932, represents this nation’s disabled veterans. It is dedicated to a single purpose: building better lives for our nation’s disabled veterans and their families.

06-08-2007

---

Gray, Plant & Mooty

Gray Plant Mooty Elects Officers and Directors
The law firm of Gray Plant Mooty announces the election of its officers and directors.

Officers:
• Tamara Hjelle Olsen, Managing Officer and Chair of the Board
• David C. Bahls, Vice President
• William D. Klein, Treasurer
• John W. Fitzgerald, Secretary
• Edward J. Laubach, St. Cloud Office Managing Attorney
• Eric L. Yaffe, Washington DC Office Managing Attorney

Board of Directors:
• David C. Bahls
• Jennifer Reedstrom Bishop
• John W. Fitzgerald
• William D. Klein
• John L. Krenn
• Edward J. Laubach
• Bruce W. Mooty
• Tamara Hjelle Olsen

06-08-2007

---

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's China group appoints new managing partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pleased to announce that Teresa Ko has assumed the role of China Managing Partner and Chris Wong has assumed the role of Beijing Office Managing Partner. Robert Ashworth will continue in his role as head of the Asia corporate practice, and Clive Rough and Melissa Thomas will remain as managing partners of the Hong Kong and Shanghai offices respectively. Teresa and Chris' appointments are effective immediately.

'We are very excited about the appointments of Teresa and Chris. This is excellent news for the firm. They have worked on some of the most prestigious transactions in the region and are both highly respected lawyers in the market with extensive experience in China. Their combined experience and focus will ensure that the firm is strategically positioned to capitalise on current and future opportunities in the market,' commented Guy Morton, joint senior partner.

Teresa Ko comments: 'I am delighted to take up this role at a time when our China practice is thriving and internationally recognised. I look forward to working with our dedicated teams in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai and continuing this success.'
Profile

Teresa Ko is a corporate partner based in our Hong Kong office. She joined the firm in 1988 and was made a partner in 1993. Teresa is also a member of the Partnership Council of the firm. She specialises in corporate finance, securities and public and private M&A work and private equity transactions. Teresa is particularly well known for advising on complex global offerings including in particular listing of Chinese enterprises.

Teresa has a first class masters degree in law from Jesus College, Cambridge, England. She is fluent in Mandarin, English and Cantonese.
Profile

Chris Wong is a partner based in our Beijing office. He joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London in 1994 and later relocated to our Hong Kong office in January 1998 and then to Beijing in 2003. He was made partner in 2005. He specialises in domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, including private equity, as well as securities offerings, privatisations and securities regulatory matters. Chris works with a broad range of clients including Chinese enterprises and investment banks.

Chris graduated from King's College, University of London. He is fluent in Mandarin, English and Cantonese.
Notes for editors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing a comprehensive worldwide service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

Our China group boasts some of the most well regarded China practitioners in the world and operates largely out of our offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. We are renowned for our work in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments and private equity in China. We are also known for our equity and equity-linked work in Hong Kong and China including debt capital markets, capital markets and IPO work.

We have won several awards from major legal publications as the leading international law firm in China and we are consistently ranked as the number one legal advisor in league tables for mergers and acquisitions and IPO work in China.

06-08-2007

---

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields advises HSBC on loan facilities for Red Funnel acquisition
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HSBC Bank plc as mandated lead arranger of the loan facilities for the acquisition of the Red Funnel ferry business by Infracapital Partners LP, an infrastructure fund of The Prudential Group. The Red Funnel ferry business operates routes between Southampton and the Isle of Wight.

The Freshfields team was led by London energy and infrastructure group partner Mark Coker, assisted by senior associate Martin Goodwin and associate Jayne Adams.

06-08-2007

---

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields advises 3Com on China's largest-ever leveraged financing
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised 3Com Corporation on the US$430m leveraged financing of the acquisition from an affiliate of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. of the remaining 49 per cent ownership in H3C Technologies Co., Limited (formerly known as Huawei-3Com Co., Limited), its PRC joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Partner Clive Rough led the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer team on the leveraged financing side supported by associates Eric Tan, Sarah Harris, Thomas Davies and Virginia Lam. Clive commented: 'This was a substantial and complicated transaction and is the largest leveraged financing transaction in China to date. We enjoyed working with the 3Com team and with the other transaction parties and their advisors.'
Notes for editors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing a comprehensive worldwide service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

Through a network of seven offices in Asia, our lawyers practise international law and, where permitted, local law. Currently in Asia, there are 24 partners and more than 180 lawyers, supported by 160 support staff.

Led by Clive Rough, the Finance team act for lenders and borrowers on a broad range of financing facilities across the credit spectrum. Our clients include commercial and investment banks, both international and domestic (including many of the leading arrangers of syndicated loans in the euro markets); central banks; supranational organisations; government institutions; and private equity and other borrowers, ranging from the investment grade to the highly leveraged.

The practice provides transactional and advisory services in debt capital markets, particularly convertible bonds; securitisation, real estate financings, syndicated and bilateral lending; leveraged transactions; acquisition finance; and private placements.

06-08-2007

---

Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Four Fowler White Attorneys Receive Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Fowler White Boggs Banker is pleased to announce that Garey F. Butler, Mark D. Folk, James M. Matulis and Linda M. Robison have been given the highest (AV) rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Butler is a shareholder in the firm’s Ft. Myers office and practices in the Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Folk and Ms. Robison are shareholders in the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale office and both practice in the Business Transactions and Corporate Law Practice Group and are members of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team. Mr. Matulis is a shareholder in the firm’s Tampa office and practices in the Products Liability Practice Group and Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Martindale-Hubbell, a national legal referral guide, based this rating on legal ability, qualifications and adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics.

06-08-2007

---

25383 matches |  4901-4907 displayed

1  701 702 703 704 705  3627