White and Williams Forms Strategic Alliance With Shanghai Law Firm

White and Williams Forms Strategic Alliance With Shanghai Law Firm

May 04, 2007

    PHILADELPHIA, May 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    White and Williams LLP announces that they have
formalized a strategic alliance with the Xue Law Firm, a
ten attorney commercial practice firm based in Shanghai,
China.

    Since the summer of 2006, White and Williams has been
working on a cooperative basis with the Xue Law Firm. White
and Williams Associate Chunsheng Lu, born in Shanghai and
holding law degrees from both China and U.S. based
Universities, spent 10 weeks in July and August of 2006
working out of the Xue Law Firm's Shanghai office.  Lu is a
member of both the Pennsylvania Bar and the China National
Bar.

    Following China's cultural revolution in the 1970's,
Managing Partner of the Xue Law Firm, Weiyong Xue, became
one of the first legal practitioners in China. Xue was a
member of Shanghai First Law Firm, the first law firm
established in China, until he founded the Xue Law Firm in
2001. Xue's practice includes civil litigation and complex
business transactions. He represented the Shanghai
government in its first joint venture negotiation with a
German automobile company.

    White and Williams established its China Practice Group
in 2003 and the Shanghai alliance is a necessary step in the
expansion of the Firm's China-related services. "We
have been assisting our U.S. clients in pursuing business
opportunities in China for some time," commented Gary
P. Biehn, Chair of both the Business Department and the
China Practice Group at White and Williams. "Our
alliance with the Xue Law Firm is a natural progression for
us -- we need to have attorneys in China on a continual
basis." 

    The Shanghai alliance provides White and Williams'
clients with a respected law firm in the Chinese
marketplace. Not only will this alliance allow the Firm to
better serve U.S. companies going to China, but it will
provide a venue for serving China-based companies seeking
to make investments in the United States. "We have
been assisting our U.S.-based clients with their China
operations and the Shanghai alliance will provide us with a
vehicle to serve Chinese companies looking to the U.S,"
said George J. Hartnett, Chair of the Firm's Executive
Committee. "We believe the Shanghai alliance will make
the Chinese market a two-way street for us -- we and the Xue
Law Firm can help companies coming and going."

    With over 230 attorneys, White and Williams LLP
represents clients in transactional matters and all aspects
of civil litigation and appellate practice in state and
federal courts. The Firm's business practice includes such
matters as the formation, governance and operation of
corporate organizations, mergers and acquisitions,
regulatory compliance and bankruptcy related matters. The
Firm's litigation practice encompasses such areas as
business and employment issues, products liability, medical
malpractice, toxic and mass torts, and insurance coverage
and reinsurance matters.


    For more information, please contact:

     Robin M. Nolan
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