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• O’Melveny & Myers appoints new head for Hong Kong practice

  May 18 2012 O’Melveny & Myers’ capital markets specialist David Johnson has been appointed as the head of the firm’s Hong Kong practice. Johnson will relocate from California... more

• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Freshfields promotes 17 to counsel rank

  May 07 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its ranks of counsel with the hire of corporate specialist Ethan Jin from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance and the... more

• Clyde & Co pursues growth strategy in Asia

  May 01 2012 Clyde & Co is pursuing a strategy of growth in Asia, despite the departure of seven partners from its Hong Kong office in April, said the firm’s CEO Peter Hasson in... more

• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• Linklaters forms alliance with Australian firm AAR

  Apr 25 2012 UK Magic Circle firm Linklaters has formed an exclusive alliance with Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson. The alliance is not a merger, but will take the form of a... more

• US firm Dickinson Dees forms alliance with Macau firm

  Apr 19 2012 US firm Dickinson Wright has formed an alliance with Macau firm MdME, pursuing a strategy of expansion into Asia, and affording MdME the chance to offer their clients... more

• Freshfields boots Asia energy practice with hires from Allens and Milbank

  Apr 17 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its energy practice in Asia with the hire of two new partners: Gavin MacLaren from Allens Arthur Robinson and Mark... more

• NZ law firms unlikely to follow Australian firms down merger path

  Mar 30 2012 New Zealand law firms are unlikely to follow the lead of their neighbour Australia when it comes to forming alliances with large British or American law firms,... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• DLA Piper to adopt all equity partnership model

  Mar 20 2012 DLA Piper’s international partnership is set to adopt an all-equity partnership model on 1 May 2012, following the lead of its US partnership, which moved to an all... more

• Covington & Burling to launch in South Korea

  Mar 16 2012 Covington & Burling announced this week that it plans to launch a new base in Seoul, South Korea. Other international firms that have announced their intention to... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• Delegation offers Australia as leading venue for international dispute resolution

  Mar 12 2012 Australia has become a key forum for the resolution of international disputes in Asia, with a solid and robust legal framework that is attractive to international... more

• UK firm Watson, Farley & Williams enters Hong Kong with local alliance

  Mar 12 2012 British firm Watson, Farley & Williams has launched a presence in Hong Kong after concluding the terms of an alliance with local firm Lau, Leong & Co. The new officee... more

• UK firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain boosts SIngapore office with relocation

  Mar 09 2012 UK insurance specialist firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has boosted its Singapore office by relocating legal director Jeremy Hewitt from London. Mark Errington,... more

• Paul Hastings' revenue dips as firm targets more network expansion

  Mar 06 2012 Paul Hastings has posted a 2 per cent drop in revenue from the previous year’s figures, taking $884 million, down from $902 million in 2010. Revenue per lawyer was... more

• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires former global corporate head of Linklaters

  Feb 29 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scored a coup with the hire of Linklaters’ former global corporate head David Barnes for its London corporate team. Barnes left Linklaters... more

• European law firm Loyens & Loeff launches in Hong Kong

  Feb 21 2012 European law firm Loyens & Loeff has announced the launch of a new office in Hong Kong, which will be the firm’s 18th base globally. The Hong Kong office will be led... more

• Freshfields plans to relaunch in Singapore after five years' absence

  Feb 15 2012 Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to relaunch its Singapore office, nearly five years after shutting down its former office in the region.... more

• US firms in Hong Kong attract top talent with big money

  Feb 08 2012 The legal services market in Hong Kong has long been dominated by British firms, but US law firms are now a potent force, attracting top talent by offer larger... more

• Freshfields launches global financial investment practice group

  Jan 25 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a global financial investors group to handle private equity, infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds and alternative... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Chinese and Australian firms will merge to become a force in Asia-Pacific

  Dec 18 2011 Leading Chinese law firm King & Wood is set to ally with major Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques to form one of the biggest legal practices in Asia. The firms... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• International firm Bryan Cave acquires Denver firm Holme Roberts

  Dec 07 2011 The 113-year-old Denver firm Holme Roberts & Owen is set to merge with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave. Holme Roberts will bring its 150 lawyers under the banner of... more

• Herbert Smith boosts Asia finance practice with A&O hire

  Dec 06 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its Asia finance capacity with the hire of Philip Lee, a former international capital markets consultant in Allen & Overy's Singapore office.... more

• Top earner at Linklates takes home £2.2m

  Dec 03 2011 The top earning partner at Linklaters took home £2.2m in the last financial year, according to accounts just published by the firm. According to RollOnFriday the sum... more

• King & Wood Mallesons - would it work?

  Dec 01 2011 Interesting article here on the proposed merger between Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese firm King & Wood. The article tries to assess whether the... more

• Herbert Smith appoints new head of Asia dispute resolution practice

  Nov 24 2011 Herbert Smith has appointed litigation specialist Gavin Lewis as the new head of their Asia dispute resolution practice. Lewis takes over from Mark Johnson, who has... more

• Proskauer Rose launches office in Beijing

  Nov 11 2011 Proskauer Rose has launched an office in Beijing's Chaoyang District, after being granted regulatory approval by the Chinese authorities. The firm set its sights on... more

• Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire

  Nov 09 2011 Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie Anthony Jacobsen is qualified... more

• Allen & Overy in negotiations with Links' Singapore partner

  Nov 08 2011 Allen & Overy is in negotiations with Linklaters' Singapore partner Allen & Gledhill, discussing a potential tie up. Such an alliance would be a significant boost to... more

• Why Quinn Emanuel steers clear of Hong Kong

  Nov 04 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Asian Lawyer about why Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opted not to open an office in... more

• Eversheds boosts Hong Kong office with Minter Ellison hire

  Nov 01 2011 Eversheds has hired Winnie Ng, a former consultant with Minter Ellison, and appointed her as head of employment law in its Hong Kong office. “Winnie’s expertise and... more

• Will British legal education be left behind?

  Oct 21 2011 Here is an interesting article about the relative strength in the market for British legal education. The article points out that London the world's top... more

• Ashurst set to merge with Australian firm Blake Dawson

  Sep 27 2011 British firm Ashurst has announced plans to form an alliance with one of Australia's biggest law firms, Blake Dawson. The firms will merge their Asian practices in... more

• Singapore firm Rajah & Tann launches in Vietnam and Bangkok

  Sep 16 2011 Prominent Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has launched offices in Vietnam and Thailand. The Ho Chi Minh office has a headcount of four lawyers while the Bangkok office... more

• Irish firm Dillon Eustace launches in Hong Kong

  Sep 08 2011 Irish investment funds law firm Dillon Eustace has launched an office in Hong Kong. The office will be led by partner Paul Maloney and will serve the firm's Hong... more

• Herbert Smith appoints new Asia head

  Sep 01 2011 Herbert Smith has appointed dispute resolution chief Mark Johnson to lead the firm’s operations in Asia when incumbent Ashley Alder leaves the firm next month.... more

• Mayer Brown reconfigures German practice around Düsseldorf

  Aug 19 2011 Mayer Brown has announced plans to close its Berlin and Cologne offices, shifting their operations to a new office in Düesseldorf, which is set to open at the start of... more

• Squires set to launch in Perth after raiding a Perth firm for talent

  Aug 10 2011 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has announced that it is set to enter the Australian legal market, after raiding the Perth office of Australian firm Minter Ellison for... more

• Kirkland boosts Hong Kong office with triple hire from Skadden

  Aug 09 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office. The firm has scored with the hire of Asia corporate co-heads... more

• Mallesons and King & Wood discuss Australia-China tie up

  Jul 26 2011 Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques is in negotiations with one of China’s largest commercial law firms, King & Wood, regarding an alliance arrangement.... more

• Ropes & Gray launches in Shanghai

  Jul 21 2011 US firm Ropes & Gray has launched its third office in Asia with a new office in Shanghai, which will focus on private equity, life sciences and investment funds work.... more

• Malaysian firm Zaid Ibrahim rebrands itself as an 'Asean brand'

  Jul 20 2011 Malaysia’s largest law firm by headcount, Zaid Ibrahim, has rebranded under the name ZICOlaw and has named Singapore as its regional hub as part of a push to establish... more

• Reed Smith launches in Shanghai after Dorsey & Whitney hire

  Jul 12 2011 Pittsburgh based law firm Reed Smith has launched an office in Shanghai, marking its third office in Asia. The office will be led by new hire Jay Yan, who joins the... more

• Boston and Chicago firms in advanced merger negotiations

  Jul 07 2011 Boston firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Chicago firm Wildman, Harrold have announced that they are in advanced merger talks, though no final deal has yet been... more

• Herbert Smith reports growth in revenues and PEP

  Jul 07 2011 Herbert Smith has reported a 3.4% increase in revenue in the 2010-11 financial year, from £449.9m to £465m. Profits per equity partner also rose by a significant... more

• Allen & Overy increases revenue by 7%

  Jul 06 2011 UK firm Allen & Overy has reported stable profit levels and profits per equity partner, despite increasing the number of partners at the firm from 451 to 487. The... more

• Ahurst investigates entry into Australian market

  Jun 30 2011 Reports have emerged that UK firm Ashurst is investigating options for a presence in Australia, following in the fresh footprints laid down by Norton Rose, Allen &... more

• BLP to launch in Hong Kong

  Jun 17 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to launch a new office in Hong Kong, pending regulatory approval from the Chinese authorities. The firm plans to hire a team of... more

• Freshfields shifts partners and shuffles the management team

  Jun 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reolocated a number of partners across its global network, prompting a number of promotions to the firm’s management team.... more

• Freshfields hires partner from Linklaters in Hong King

  May 17 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its Hong Kong finance practice with the hire of banking partner Howard Lam from Linklaters. Rob Ashworth, the firm’s... more

• US firms flock to Hong Kong

  May 16 2011 US firms are flocking to Hong Kong with 46 of the top 100 US firms (by revenue) having a presence in the city. In the past year firms such as Locke Lord Bissell &... more

• Clifford Chance focusses on Asia in 23-strong promotions round

  May 04 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the results of its 2011 partnership promotions round, elevating 23 lawyers to the partnership. The promotions reflect a strategic... more

• DLA Piper promotes 53 to partnership globally

  Apr 21 2011 DLA Piper has announced the promotion of 53 lawyers to the partnership in its global promotopns round for 2011, up from 41 last year. There are 17 new partners in the... more

• Ashurst to launch disputes practice in HK after Simmons hire

  Apr 18 2011 Ashurst is set to launch a Hong Kong dispute resolution practice after the hire of Simmons & Simmons China disputes head Gareth Hughes. Ashurst Asia head Geoffrey... more

• IFLR Asia Awards 2011: Luthra & Luthra wins for the second consecutive year

  Apr 06 2011 Luthra & Luthra Law Offices won the ‘National Law Firm of the Year’ award at the recently concluded International Financial Law Review’s (IFLR’s) Asia Awards 2011 in... more

• China's largest law firm Dacheng allies with Malaysian firm

  Mar 29 2011 China’s largest law firm Dacheng has announced exclusive Malaysian alliance with Malaysian firm Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong. The alliance is expected to service... more

• Clyde & Co set to launch Asian aviation finance practice after Ashurst hire

  Mar 15 2011 Clyde & Co is set to launch the Asian arm of the firm’s global aviation finance practice after the hire of Paul Jebely, Ashurst’s head of aviation for Asia, Middle... more

• Kennedys merges with Portuguese alliance partner

  Mar 02 2011 Kennedys has announced the completion of a merger agreement with its Portugal-based associate office Almeida & Athayde to launch Kennedys Portugal. Senior partner... more

• Debevoise hires Council from Orrick for Shanghai base

  Feb 23 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the hire of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Wu comes to the firm from Orrick,... more

• Top UK firm Clifford Chance merges with two Australian firms

  Feb 17 2011 Clifford Chance, the UK’s highest-grossing law firm last year, has announced a merger with two Australian firms. Clifford Chance will join with Sydney firm Chang,... more

• 7th ITechLaw International Conference: TFA Award to Trilegal Associate

  Feb 10 2011 The ITechLaw – International Asian Conference held a two day seminar on educating lawyers about the unique legal issues arising from the evolution, production,... more

• DLA Piper to merge with Australian ally DLA Phillips Fox

  Jan 28 2011 DLA Piper International has announced plans to merge with Australian best friend firm DLA Phillips Fox, pending a vote from their respective partnerships. The firms... more

• Singapore to allow foreign lawyers to practice commercial law

  Jan 12 2011 Foreign lawyers may soon be permitted to practise commercial law in Singapore, if a proposal to establish a Foreign Practitioner Certificate (FPC) is approved.... more

• Corrs Chambers Westgarth leads Aussie energy refinancing deal

  Dec 24 2010 Woodside Petroleum Limited turned to Corrs Chambers Westgarth to advise on the refinancing of a US$1.1 billion syndicated loan facility – a deal that involved 34... more

• Clyde & Co hires Singapore based disputes lawyer from Rajah & Tann

  Dec 06 2010 Ganesh Chandru has left top Singapore firm Rajah & Tann to join the arbitration team at Clyde & Co. Chandru is admitted to practice in England, Singapore and India,... more

• Hammonds' Hong Kong arm splits ahead of transatlantic tie-up

  Nov 29 2010 The Hong Kong arm of UK firm Hammonds is set to split from the firm ahead of the merger with US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey on 1 January 2011. It is unclear... more

• Clifford Chance to launch new office in Istanbul

  Nov 25 2010 Clifford Chance is set to launch in Istanbul next year. The office will be headed up by London-based partner Simon Williams, and will operate in cooperation with local... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell boosts Hong Kong office with Linklaters hire

  Nov 22 2010 New York firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has boosted its brand new Hong Kong practice, opened earlier this month, with the hire of Paul Chow from Linklaters in Beijing.... more

• Amarchand and AZB advise FedEx to acquire AFL India to boost delivery networks

  Nov 11 2010 Federal Express International Corporation (FedEx) has bought over AFL Private Limited (AFL) and its affiliate Unifreight India Private Limited, to boost up their... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• UK-based Firm Clifford Chance elects new Senior Partner

  Nov 04 2010 The UK’s highest grossing law firm, Clifford Chance, has elected a new Senior Partner. Malcolm Sweeting is a London-based partner, specialising in structured finance... more

• Allen & Overy boost Jakarta office with HHP hire

  Oct 26 2010 Allen & Overy affiliate Daniel Ginting Law Firm has boosted its Jakarta operation with hire of Harun Reksodiputro from Baker & McKenzie affiliated Hadiputrano,... more

• Vijay Goel of Singhania & Co. awarded Professional of the Year at 10th Asian Achievers’ Awards

  Oct 12 2010 Showing that Indian lawyers are an integral part of the corporate market not just in India but overseas too, Vijay Goel, Senior Partner at the London office of... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton moves partner to boost Hong Kong practice

  Oct 04 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has relocated partner Drew Dutton from Paris to Hong Kong in bid to bolster its Hong Kong financial services and transactional private equity... more

• US firms consider merger: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

  Sep 29 2010 US-based law firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are in merger talks, according to representatives from both firms. A deal... more

• Squires and Hammonds move toward transatalantic merger

  Sep 27 2010 Merger talks between US firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and UK firm Hammonds have progressed, and partners in both firms will probably have the chance to vote on the... more

• Singapore Firm Rajah & Tann makes plans for expansion

  Sep 23 2010 Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has appointed Lee Eng Beng to the role of managing partner. Senior Counsel Lee will take up the position on 1 October, and plans to... more

• Paul Hastings relocates partner to from LA to Hong Kong

  Sep 20 2010 Paul Hastings is shifting talent to Asia in anticipation of an increase in large deals coming out of the region in the next six to 12 months. Real estate partner... more

• Allens to pull out of Bangkok and Phnom Penh?

  Sep 17 2010 There is a lot of buzz that Allens Arthur Robinson will close its Bangkok and Phnom Penh offices by the end of the year, with RollOnFriday, reporting that the firm has... more

• US firm Paul Hastings hires former Goldman Sachs MD for Hong Kong office

  Sep 09 2010 US law firm Paul, Hastings has given its Hong Kong office a boost with the hire of Steve Winegar, a former Goldman Sachs managing director, as a partner in its Hong... more

• Leaping Tiger: the rise and rise of India's legal market

  Aug 22 2010 Law firms with serious international intentions must truly understand the complexities of the burgeoning Indian legal marketplace, writes Juhi Garg The ascent of... more

• US firm Kobre & Kim set to launch HK office

  Aug 18 2010 New York firm Kobre & Kim is set to launch its Hong Kong practice in September after the hire of William McGovern, formerly the Executive Director of the Morgan... more

• Mayer Brown bolsters China practice with double hire

  Aug 17 2010 Mayer Brown has boosted its Asia practice with the hire of two new partners. Xiang Yang Ge joins the firm from Winston & Strawn to take up a role as head of projects... more

• King & Spalding seek approval for expansion into Singapore

  Aug 11 2010 US firm King & Spalding has applied for government approval to open an office in Singapore. The firm’s firs office in Asia will be headed by global energy head Philip... more

• Gibson Dunn launches in Hong Kong with GE hire

  Aug 02 2010 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has launched an office in Hong Kong after hiring a lawyer from General Electric International. Kelly Austin, who spent eight years in Hong... more

• Khazanah outbids Fortis in race for Parkway Holdings: Singapore law firms Allen & Gledhill, WongPartnership, Stamford Law and Rajah & Tann advise

  Jul 29 2010 Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah outbid Fortis Healthcare to acquire Parkway Holdings, Southeast Asia's largest hospital chain, for around $2.6 billion. The... more

• Lovells posts 13% jump in PEPs and marginal increase in revenue

  Jul 15 2010 Lovells, the legacy firm operating outside the Hogan Lovells merged entity, has posted a 13 per cent jump in average profit per equity partner which rose from... more

• Norton Rose relocates partner to boost Islamic finance practice in Asia

  Jul 14 2010 Norton Rose has boosted its Hong Kong office with the relocation of London-based partner Davide Barzilai. Barzilai is a banking partner with expertise in Islamic and... more

• Dacheng Law Offices launches new Hong Kong practice

  Jun 29 2010 Beijing-based Dacheng Law Offices has opened the doors on a new Hong Kong office, where it will compete in the recent boom in finance and mergers. Dacheng is Asia’s... more

• A&O boosts Australian competition group

  Jun 23 2010 Allen & Overy has boosted the global competition group with the hire of Dave Podder in the firm’s Sydney office. Podder, a leading Australian competition law partner,... more

• Salans advises Chinese real estate developer Euro Asia on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

  May 27 2010 Since today shares in Euro Asia Premier Real Estate Company Limited (“Euro Asia”) are being traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Euro Asia was advised by Salans on... more

• Walkers appoints new head of Asian operations and of Hong Kong Office

  May 11 2010 Walkers has announced the appointment of a new head of operations in Asia, awarding the role to Guy Locke, the current head of the firm’s insolvency and corporate... more

• AZB wins Chambers Asia; Poovayya is 'Rising Star' in Legal Alliance Summit

  May 05 2010 AZB & Partners has won the award for the Best National Law Firm in the India category at the Chambers Asia Law Awards, held on May 1 in Singapore. AZB was created when... more

• Orrick hires Paul Hasting partner as global private equity chief

  May 03 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lured the head of Paul Hastings’ China private equity practice, Maurice Hoo, to become the global head of Orrick’s private equity... more

• Linklaters appoints new Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa chief

  May 03 2010 Linklaters has appointed Sandeep Katwala as managing partner of its operations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Katwala replaces Stuart Salt, who has... more