China's Yingke continues expansion with launches in Poland and Turkey
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Yingke, China’s second-largest firm by lawyer headcount, is continuing its aggressive growth plans with the launch of offices in Poland and Turkey.
The firm’s Warsaw base will be the Chinese giant’s third European outpost, employing 25 full-time lawyers.
Yingke’s Istanbul outpost is the firm’s first foray into the Eurasian region.
Commenting on the launch, Budapest real estate head Attila Tiborcz said the firm would concentrate on strengthening ties between China and Turkey.
The Beijing-headquartered firm unveiled plans to open in London at the end of 2011 (26 September 2011), following a year of international expansion that saw openings in Budapest and Verona.
The firm established its first European outpost in September 2010, tying up with Hungarian firm Várnai. In March last year, its Italian branch, Yingke Várnai Luzi Crivellini & Associati, was established in Verona in the form of a joint venture with Italian firm Advoco.
With aspirations to become ’China’s Baker & McKenzie’ the firm has also put plans in place to expand its footprint into Hong Kong, the US, Japan, Australia, Singapore and the Middle East in the coming year.
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Anonymous | 27-Jan-2012 2:33 pm
The astounding thing about this last recession has been that the road to recovery is leading East not West.
Lots of lawyers have been concerned about US firms eating up their best lawyers with the offer of a massive golden handshake, they actually need to start thinking about the Asian firms which want to break in to Europe and will also be on the prowl for new lawyers
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Anonymous | 30-Jan-2012 1:42 pm
for some reason the hungarians think that they are slightly useful in Turkey - it is all very strange...although not sure what language will be spoken in meetings in Turkey
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