Mar 28 2008
even china is a winner at nixon peabody!
I just couldn’t resist the title. Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody, even in China. Or more specifically, Shanghai. (Don’t worry, I won’t host any mp3 of the song, I will just link to it in case you haven’t heard it.) But here is yesterday’s news from The Recorder entitled “ Nixon Goes to China” and states that Nixon Peabody is opening up shop in China:
Nixon Peabody has announced that it has opened up an office in China. The office, based in Shanghai, is currently staffed with two attorneys on a rotational basis, but the firm has plans to hire more attorneys in the near future. The two lead partners are James Chapman from Palo Alto, Calif., and Daniel Deshon from San Francisco.
The impetus for the office is, of course, client-related. Nixon Peabody already has a China practice, which includes 14 partners who advise clients on venture capital and private equity investments in China, on business and trade issues, and on intellectual property rights. Having an office in the country helps to facilitate those matters.
The new Shanghai establishment is the firm’s first office in China, and the second international shop. The first opened in London last year.
I think this is the third large firm in less than 3 months wanting to do business in China now, so it’s only a matter of time before your biglaw firm (if it has a corporate and international practice) will want its own China office. But for today, Nixon Peabody is the winner…
