Monday, 2nd June 2008. Salans, a leading global law firm with offices across 18 cities worldwide, which recently released details of a major development program in China, is announcing today that Jeff Wenhai Cai has joined as a partner.  He will be joining one of the strongest real estate teams among international law firms, with over 200 real estate and property finance specialists.

Jeff Cai, who joins Salans from Fried Frank in Hong Kong, is qualified in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and New York State (USA).  Resident in Hong Kong he will head up Salans’ Real Estate Practice in China.  Jeff’s career has been in PRC-focused real estate and his practice includes foreign acquisition of PRC properties, real estate finance, property development, and other complex real estate transactions.   He will divide his time primarily between Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Dariusz Oleszczuk, the Salans global managing partner said: “Jeff Cai is well placed to exploit our international real estate capabilities and our relationships with some of the leading international real estate investors.  Along with M&A and Foreign Direct Investment, this is a main area of practice for us in the China market.”

Eric Rosedale, the Co-Chairman of Global Real Estate at Salans said: “We have been looking to expand from our emerging markets platform into Asia for some time.  Jeff Cai provides an excellent opportunity to build on our successes in representing international real estate investors in China.”

Jeff Cai said: “I am extremely excited to join Salans.  Salans has a leading reputation in emerging markets and a blue chip real estate client base.  Many of our real estate clients are very active throughout Asia, particularly in Mainland China.  This provides a unique opportunity for me to be part of this success story.”

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Salans is an international commercial law firm with over 750 lawyers globally operating from 18 offices in ALMATY, BAKU, BARCELONA, BERLIN1, BRATISLAVA, BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST, ISTANBUL, KYIV, LONDON1, MADRID, MOSCOW, NEW YORK, PARIS, PRAGUE, SHANGHAI, ST. PETERSBURG and WARSAW.  We also have operations in the Middle East in Doha, Qatar and the French Pacific.  More information about Salans can be found at www.salans.com

1 Salans LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in London with Registration Number OC 316822. Registered Office Millennium Bridge House, 2 Lambeth Hill, London EC4V 4AJ, United Kingdom. Regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. A list of members of SALANS is available at the above Registered Office.