Jones Day taps Clifford Chance experience in Shanghai

US firm, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue held its official opening ceremony for its new office in Shanghai, China, on November 18. The opening came just days after China signed an agreement with the US moving it towards membership of the World Trade Organization. The Cleveland-based firm was one of six foreign firms to receive a licence for the financial centre of China on March 12 of this year. It becomes the 27th US law firm to have an office on the mainland.