What we say about the firm's legal practice in China
Banking and finance
Within Foreign firms Other recommended firms
Corporate & M&A
Within Foreign firms, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a second tier firm,
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represented Focus Media Holding, China’s largest lifestyle community digital out-of-home media company, in its acquisition of an approximately 15% stake in VisionChina Media, one of China’s largest out-of-home digital television advertising networks on mass transportation systems. Beijing partners Douglas Markel and Shaolin Luo, and Hong Kong-based Kathryn King Sudol are recommended.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
By extending their Hong Kong capabilities, the US firms made further traction into China’s legal market. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Hong Kong managing partner Kay Ian Ng joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Antony Dapiran exited for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s new Hong Kong practice; and Christopher Wong joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Private equity/venture capital
Within Foreign firms, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a first tier firm,
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Focus Media Holding in its sale of a 62% indirect equity ownership of its internet division to Silver Lake Partners. In Beijing, Douglas Markel and Shaolin Luo are recommended, and Hong Kong-based Kathryn King Sudol is ‘an excellent lawyer’.