The partners of the law firms Oldham, Li & Nie and Jonathan Rostron, Solicitors are pleased to announce that an association has been formed between the two law firms, effective 1st August 2009.?

The two firms together will comprise 25 lawyers and consultants with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

?œWe are delighted that our partners have recognised and supported the strategic value of this association?? announced Gordon Oldham, Senior Partner of Oldham, Li & Nie and Jonathan Rostron, Senior Partner of Jonathan Rostron, Solicitors.? ?œWe believe that this association will bring added value for clients who will greatly benefit from an expanded and enhanced combination of expertise.??

In addition to supporting the existing strengths of OLN in such areas as corporate and commercial transactions, intellectual property, litigation, matrimonial and employment matters, the association brings with it Jonathan Rostron?™s expertise in the areas of maritime law, arbitration, ship finance, shipbuilding and related litigation.

www.oln-law.com
www.rostron.com.hk.

We are pleased to announced that as of 1st August 2009, we have entered into an association with Hong Kong solicitors Oldham, Li & Nie (OLN), a full service law firm known for its commercial litigation, corporate and employment practices. OLN also has a licensed office in Shanghai which is well known for its shipyard and shipbuilding practice.

We also welcome the return of our associate solicitor, Maxine Chu.

JRS has also moved offices to Central. Our new office address details are in the Contact Us section. All other contact details remain unchanged.

AFFILIATES OUTSIDE HONG KONG

JRS has a number of "Best Friends" informal associations with law firms around the world and we would be happy to share their details with you upon request. Recently however JRS has become affiliated with two law firms in Spain and Thailand where we have known individual partners of the firms for a number of years and have no hesitation in recommending their services.

GBS ESTUDIO LEGAL - Spain
Contact Person: Núria Garrido Blanc
Av. Diagonal, 535 2º 2ª - 08029 Barcelona, Spain.
Tel. +34 934 396 845 - Fax +34 934 106 089
info@gbsestudio.com
http://www.gbsestudio.com/

P.B.S. Law Limited ??Thailand
Contact Person: Paiboon Sutunivorakoon ("Paiboon")
No. 2 Ploenchit Center, Floor 17, Suite 17-A, Sukhumvit Road,
Kwaeng Klongtoey,Khet Klongtoey,
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Tel : +662 656-9155
Website : http://www.pbslaw.com

RECENT WORK BY JRS

1. Advice on storage contracts South China for Gulf oil major with PRC oil company.
2. Acting for London listed natural resources company on the "wash out" / repudiation of a number of iron ore contracts of affreightment.
3. Representing various Korean shipping companies and their P&I club(s) in time charter redelivery/collapse disputes.
4. Acting for Greek purchasers of a Hong Kong registered vessel and maintaining vessel on Hong Kong Shipping Register with specially incorporated company.
5. Representing Italian vessel owners involved in time charter collapse and enforcement against involved Hong Kong parties.
6. Obtaining injunctions against former employee(s)of a Hong Kong company who tried to establish a competing business in Shanghai.
7. Numerous employment advice assignments for bank employees in the light of the global financial crisis.
8. Instructions for cargo and freight forwarder underwriters.
9. Deletion of vessel from Hong Kong Shipping Register.
10. Various instructions to obtain Rule B attachments in Southern District Court of New York.

We are very pleased to announce that Raj Selvaskandan has joined the firm with effect from 1st October 2008 as a Consultant. Raj was previously a partner with Hong Kong law firm Philip K.H. Wong, Kennedy Y.H. Wong & Co and has worked as an adviser to a joint venture between a Hong Kong listed company subsidiary and a US private equity fund which is developing 5 hotels/casinos in Macau. Raj practises in the areas of banking, corporate and litigation. He has strong links to the Indian business community in the Hong Kong and has acted for Hong Kong universities, banks, insurance companies as well as a number of listed companies in Hong Kong. Raj is also admitted in England and Wales and Sri Lanka, the country of his birth.

JRS has enjoyed a good year (2008) in terms of Sale and Purchase and Ship Finance work completing a number of sales by Hong Kong owners to purchaser clients from Thailand, Italy, Greece and Spain.

In the Hong Kong Courts, the Firm has been busy in a number of insolvency matters for US companies and has seen an increase in the amount of arbitration work coming in for both Hong Kong and London references.

At the beginning of September 2007, JRS was joined by Maxine Chu as an associate who has just been admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong.

Mark Pierrepont joined JRS as a partner of the Firm at the end of November 2007.

In mid February 2008, Bella Lam joined JRS as an associate.

Neil Everatt formerly a partner with Lawrence Graham in the UK and Ukraine joined JRS as a consultant on 9 May 2008.

JRS has recently acted for a Middle East based Oil Major in successfully settling a dispute arising out of the supply of jet fuel to Hong Kong International Airport.