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• Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson hires former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office

  Oct 04 2011 Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson, an affiliate of Beijing's Zhong Lun Law Firm, has the former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office as a partner. Clifford Ng... 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

• Lovells invites 21 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2010 Lovells has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase from the 19 that were appointed in 2009’s round, but down from the 31... more

• Freshfields adds 18 to the partnership

  Mar 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the results of this year’s promotions round, making up 18 new partners. The round saw four more promotions than last... more

• Eversheds set for Hong Kong office launch

  Sep 26 2008 Eversheds will be launching an office in Hong Kong after hiring Heller Ehrman head of Asia Nick Seddon. more

• Offshore law firm Walkers continues Asian growth

  Sep 19 2008 Cayman Islands based law firm Walkers has added four new members to its Asian market team to service the increase in work that the firm has seen from the region.... more

• Proskauer launches in Hong Kong and Beijing with two Heller partners

  Sep 10 2008 Proskauer Rose has secured its long-awaited Asia launch after hiring a two-partner team in Beijing from Heller Ehrman, including chief representative partner Joseph... more

• Ashurst will send Geoffrey Green to Hong Kong to launch new office

  Aug 05 2008 Ashurst is to launch its first-ever office in China and has picked current senior partner Geoffrey Green to spearhead the initiative. The silver circle firm is... more

• O'Melveny signs up White & Case partner Fairbairn for Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 O’Melveny & Myers has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency capabilities with the hire of White & Case partner Mark Fairbairn for the firm’s Hong Kong office,... more

• O’Melveny Asia M&A head Puff joins Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 Former O’Melveny and Myers’ Asia head of M&A practice Gregory Puff has rejoined global law firm Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Puff was an... more

• Simmons & Simmons strengthens Asia ADR practice with new Hong Kong partner

  Jul 29 2008 To boost the support for Asian clients who are increasingly investing in the Middle East and Middle Eastern clients who are looking to do business in Asia, Simmons &... more

• Antitrust rules in Asia stir law firms

  Jul 25 2008 Global law firms are scrambling to strengthen their pan-Asian competition practices. Law firms expect a sharp rise in requests from multi-national corporations eager... more

• Three lawyers elevated to partnership in Sidley’s Hong Kong and PRC offices

  Jun 29 2008 Sidley Austin has announced a bumper crop of 34 new partners, three of these - Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, Scott Dennis Peterman, and Chen Yang - are Asia based. The bulk of... more

• Shearman & Sterling Strengthens India Practice

  Jun 12 2008 The international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP has been strengthened with the hire of Sidharth Bhasin a leading India specialist. He joins as counsel, based at the... more

• Salans announces strategic expansion in China

  Jun 10 2008 Salans has announced a wide ranging development of its Asian strategy. Building on the firm's emerging markets practices and its presence in Shanghai, Salans is now... more

• New Asia partners for Weil Gotshal, Stephenson Harwood, and Watson Farley

  May 12 2008 New York-based firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced the promotion of Kevin Ban and Anthony Wang, both in the firm's Shanghai office, to partnership. Stephenson... more

• Italian Law Firm Chiomenti bags six Asian offices with China merger

  Apr 24 2008 Italian firm Chiomenti has boosted its Asian practice after signing a merger deal with Sino-Italian firm Birindelli & Associati, adding six new offices in Asia.... more

• White & Case Expands in Hong Kong with Lovells Finance Team

  Apr 23 2008 Global law firm White & Case LLP has made a major addition to its Bank Finance and Restructuring Practices in Asia with the arrival of partner John Hartley. Hartley is... more

• Freshfields strengthens corporate team in China

  Apr 20 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the appointment of Calvin Lai and Antony Dapiran as partners in the firm’s corporate practice group. They will be based in... more

• Clifford Chance targets India-related work with Singapore securities team

  Apr 18 2008 Clifford Chance is set to form a capital markets group in its Singapore office, which will focus solely on Indian clients, later this year. Capital markets partner... more

• Freshfields bolsters Hong Kong with Sullivan hire

  Apr 17 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Hong Kong outpost has hired US securities and M&A special counsel Calvin Lai from Sullivan & Cromwell's local office. He will join... more

• Fulbright’s Presence in Asia Grows By Five Lawyers

  Apr 05 2008 Five lawyers in Beijing and Hong Kong have been added to Fulbright’s Asian presence as the international firm continues enhancing its strategic network of global... more

• Reed Smith moves to boost shipping teams

  Mar 26 2008 Reed Smith Richards Butler is upping its focus on its international shipping practice with the relocation of a lawyer apiece to Dubai and Hong Kong. Partner Adam... more

• Former DLA Asia head Seddon joins Heller Ehrman

  Mar 06 2008 Heller Ehrman has hired former DLA Piper Asia head Nick Seddon to lead its four offices in the region as Asian managing partner. The move comes after Seddon... more

• Lovells revamps Hong Kong team with White & Case hire

  Jan 30 2008 Lovells corporate team in Asia has hired merchant banking and structured credit partner Fred Chang from Wall Street firm White & Case. Chang advises financial... more

• DLA Piper names Clark as first Hong Kong head

  Jan 25 2008 DLA Piper has appointed its first Hong Kong managing partner, with commercial litigation specialist Christopher Clark stepping into the management role. Clark, who... more

• Withers launches in Hong Kong

  Jan 25 2008 Private client specialist Withers is to open in Hong Kong. The firm's new office will focus on the cross-border legal and wealth planning needs of entrepreneurs,... more

• Dechert Opens Hong Kong Office

  Jan 15 2008 Dechert has become the latest in a line of large Pennsylvania firms entering the Asian market. The firm opened a Hong Kong office and established a formal association... more

• Norton Rose Gains Partner in Hong Kong, Loses One in Singapore

  Jan 08 2008 Norton Rose has gained one partner in Asia and lost another, including hiring a new head of asset finance in Hong Kong. Energy partner Stephen Begley rejoins Norton... more

• Emerging markets fuel Mayer Brown's global growth

  Jan 04 2008 Mayer Brown's global ambitions received a much-needed boost late last month when the Chicago law firm announced it will join forces with a 260-lawyer Hong Kong-based... more

• Mayer Brown merging with Hong Kong’s JSM

  Dec 22 2007 US-based international law firm Mayer Brown and Hong Kong’s Johnson, Stokes and Master are merging in a move that will create the world’s tenth-largest law firm by... more

• Dechert launches in Hong Kong

  Dec 04 2007 Dechert has launched an office in Hong Kong, taking a former M&A partner from Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker. Basil Hwang only joined Paul Hastings last October from... more

• Reed Smith acquires Hong Kong law offices

  Oct 22 2007 Reed Smith's acquisition Friday of Richards Butler's 110-lawyer office in Hong Kong typifies a trend of U.S. law firms cracking the growing China market, experts said.... more