The Firm Continues China Expansion with Addition of Xiao Liu
Xiao Liu has joined the rm as a partner in the Shanghai oce. Mr. Liu was formerly
with Skadden Arps in Beijing. He has deep experience representing Chinese clients
in commercial disputes in federal and state courts in the United States. He has also
represented Chinese companies and citizens in government regulatory investigations
and enforcement proceedings in the United States, as well as foreign companies being
examined by Chinese regulators as liaison counsel. Mr. Liu received his J.D. from
Harvard Law School, his L.L.M. from Cambridge University, and his L.L.B. from
Peking University Law School.
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SFO v. ENRC: Privilege
Restored for Internal
Investigation Documents
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Practice Area Updates:
Product Liability Update
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Securities & Structured
Finance Litigation Update
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Major Appellate Win on
Patent Infringement Claims on
Wireless Hotspots and Other
Victories
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The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. v. Ukraine
Quinn Emanuel Achieves Major Legal Victory for Ukraine in the English Court
of Appeal Against the Russian Federation in Politically-Charged US $3 Billion
Eurobonds Dispute
Background: Politics Sets the Scene
It is well known that the Russian Federation considers
Ukraine as being within its “sphere of interest,” despite
Ukraine’s independence since 1991. Although both
nations were expected to maintain close ties after
the collapse of the Soviet Union, in fact, there were
growing tensions between the countries in the 1990s
and early 2000s over trade, gas disputes, the use of
Ukraine’s Sevastopol port (where the Russian Black
Sea eet came to be stationed) and its increased
cooperation with NATO. In 2010, after Mr. Viktor
Yanukovych took over as Ukraine’s President, Russia
pushed to increase her inuence over Ukraine.
In 2009, the EU launched an Eastern Partnership
aimed at forging closer ties with former Soviet
countries. Following years of negotiations, in 2012,
the European Union (“EU”) and Ukraine initiated
the process for concluding an Association Agreement.
e process was to conclude with the signing of
the agreement at a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania,
on November 28-29, 2013. But throughout 2013,
Russia launched a campaign of intense economic and
political threats and aggression against Ukraine, going
as far as to threaten Ukraine’s territorial integrity. At
the eleventh hour, President Yanukovych capitulated
to Russian threats and abandoned the proposed
agreement with the EU, turning back towards Russia
instead. e Presidents of Russia and Ukraine
agreed that, in exchange for Ukraine not signing the
Association Agreement, Russia would take steps to
remove the restrictions on trade with Ukraine that it
had imposed during 2013, lend Ukraine up to $15
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The Firm Recruits Veteran Trial Lawyer for Tokyo Oce
York Faulkner, a former partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
Dunner, LLP, has joined the rm’s Tokyo oce. Mr. Faulkner’s practice focuses on
intellectual property litigation across many industries with a focus on representing
brand companies in Hatch-Waxman Act pharmaceutical patent infringement cases.
Mr. Faulkner has more than 25 years of experience litigating high-stakes matters,
including trying cases to verdict in numerous jury and bench trials. Mr. Faulkner
began his career as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division.
Mr. Faulkner received a J.D. from J. Reuben Clark School of Law at Brigham Young
University, magna cum laude, and earned a B.S. in Economics from Brigham Young
University, cum laude.
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