Adding a Qatar string.INTERNATIONAL law firm Eversheds has announced the opening of two new major international offices. The group has been granted a licence to open a new office in Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. , China, and is the first law firm to have been granted an operating licence in Qatar Qatar or Katar (both: kŭ`tər, gŭ–, kətär`), officially State of Qatar, independent emirate (2005 est. pop. 863,000), c. . The Shanghai site will be in the central business district of Puxi, while Eversheds' new office in Qatar will be based in the heart of the business district of Doha. Sue Lewis, senior partner at Eversheds in Birmingham, said: "Businesses in Birmingham, like other thriving thrive intr.v. thrived or throve , thrived or thriv·en , thriv·ing, thrives 1. To make steady progress; prosper. 2. European cities, are increasingly seeking national and global expertise, but at a local level. "Many of our clients are doing business across borders." |
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