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• DLA Piper promotes seven to the partnership in Asia-Pacific

  May 09 2012 DLA Piper has promoted seven lawyers to the partnership across the Asia-Pacific region, and has elevated six lawyers to special counsel. The details of the... 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

• DLA Piper boosts Beijing employment practice with Dell hire

  Nov 04 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Beijing employment practice in China with the hire of leading labour lawyer Chris Lin. Lin is set to join the firm as of counsel, after... more

• Holman Fenwick & Willan boosts Asia-Pacific practice with partner relocations

  Jun 21 2011 Holman Fenwick & Willan has boosted its Asia Pacific practice – following the launch of a new office in Perth – by relocating a number of partners. Shanghai lead... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• DLA Piper merges with DLA Phillips Fox to enter Australian market

  May 04 2011 International law firm DLA Piper has entered the Australian market after merging with local firm DLA Phillips Fox. The integration of the two firms bolsters DLA... more

• Norton Rose boosts Australian Oil and Gas practice

  Apr 07 2011 Norton Rose Australia is boosting its oil and gas practice with the relocation of partner Alex Cull from Singapore to Perth. Cull has worked in the field of oil... more

• 2011: a good year for deal advisors in Asia-Pacific region

  Mar 09 2011 The Asia Pacific region is showing strong activity capital markets issuance and M&A, with deals hitting a high of US$84.9bn in Jan 2011. Singapore M&A partner at... more

• Australia promotes Sydney as key regional seat of arbitration

  Feb 11 2011 Australia has taken further steps to bolster its position as a viable seat for international dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific region, sending a delegation to a... more

• New president for The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  Jan 28 2011 Doug Jones AM, partner at Australian firm Clayton Utz, has been elected as the president of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The Institute is a global... more

• Amarchand Mangaldas awarded the prestigious Lex Mundi Pro Bono Award in Asia / Pacific

  Oct 26 2010 Amarchand Mangaldas has been chosen for its contribution in the field of pro bono, for the Asia / Pacific region. The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award recognizes... more

• Clearing the way for cloud computing in law firms

  Oct 20 2010 Cloud computing is the term used to describe systems that allow users to access software and data storage over the internet, rather than carrying them around on... more

• Nixon Peabody appoints new managing partner for China and Asia Pacific practice

  Jun 03 2010 Nixon Peabody has appointed a new managing partner for the China and Asia Pacific practice, after the previous managing partner – Henry Liu – left the firm to work... more

• New International Dispute Resolution Centre in Sydney

  Mar 09 2010 The Australian Government has announced that it will fund the establishment of a new arbitration and dispute resolution centre in Sydney. The Centre will be modelled... more

• Freshfields on Australia: the A&O way is not for us

  Feb 15 2010 Signs emerge of strategic divide in the magic circle over how to target the key markets in the Asia-Pacific region Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters... more