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• HSF names May Tai new Greater China managing partner

  Aug 18 2017 Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced that arbitration partner May Tai will take on a position as managing partner of the firm’s Greater China practice,... more

• Drew & Napier announces new CEO

  Aug 18 2017 Singapore Big Four firm Drew & Napier has announced that Davinder Singh will take on a position as executive chairman. The move comes after Singh has spent two decades... more

• Freshfields enlists Manchester support staff to aid integration in London

  Aug 17 2017 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought on Manchester-based support staff members in its London location to aid the firm’s integration efforts in the city. The... more

• Jones Day hires MoFo partner in Hong Kong

  Aug 17 2017 Jones Day has hired M&A partner Charles Chau from Morrison & Foerster in Hong Kong. While at Morrison & Foerster, Chau specialized in joint ventures, pre-IPO... more

• Drew & Napier appoints Cavinder Bull as new CEO

  Aug 17 2017 Singapore-based firm Drew & Napier has announced that Cavinder Bull will take over the role of CEO at the firm. He replaces Davinder Singh, who had been in the... more

• Ince’s top of equity rises 28% with new partner bonus pool

  Aug 16 2017 Ince & Co has announced that the firm’s high-performing partners have received a bonus pool accounting for approximately one-third of the firm’s 2016/17 profits. As a... more

• King & Spalding launches Chicago office

  Aug 16 2017 Atlanta-based firm King & Spalding has expanded its presence in the US with the opening of a new office in Chicago, which is the firm’s 20th firm worldwide.... more

• Stewarts Law autumn retention comes in at 25%

  Aug 16 2017 Stewarts Law has announced its autumn trainee retention results, which are the lowest of all firms reporting results thus far this year. The firm posted a 25 per cent... more

• SIAC launches new representative office in India

  Aug 11 2017 The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has launched a new office in Gujarat, India. The location will serve as the second representative office for... more

• Latham posts 95% trainee retention while Kirkland retains 56%

  Aug 11 2017 Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis have revealed their autumn trainee retention rates, as Magic Circle firms begin to report their retention numbers. Latham will... more

• Freshfields trainee retention drops to 66 per cent

  Aug 11 2017 Freshfields has reported this year’s autumn trainee retention rate, which came in at 66 per cent. Out of 41 qualifiers, the firm made offers to 29, of which 27 have... more

• Simpson Millar names Greg Cox new MP

  Aug 11 2017 Simpson Millar has named dispute resolution head Greg Cox as its new managing partner. Millar is based in Manchester, and has been a partner with the firm since... more

• Bird & Bird hires RHTLaw partner in Singapore

  Aug 10 2017 Bird & Bird has picked up Kim Kit Ow from RHTLaw Taylor Wessing in Singapore. While at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, Ow was a partner specializing in finance matters such... more

• Conor Warde joins Mayer Brown JSM from Clyde & Co

  Aug 10 2017 Clyde & Co ship finance and transactional head Conor Warde has joined Mayer Brown JSM. He will work in the firm’s banking and finance practice in Hong Kong. While... more

• Hill Dickinson in talks to transfer insurance group to Keoghs

  Aug 08 2017 Hill Dickinson is reportedly in the midst of discussions that could see the firm’s non-marine insurance group transferred to Keoghs. If the proposal passes a partner... more

• Pinsent Masons to launch Perth office

  Aug 08 2017 Pinsent Masons has announced plans to launch a new office in Perth, which will be the firm’s third location in Australia. The firm has hired on a team of four partners... more

• KWM EUME employees to receive six figure settlement for redundancies

  Aug 09 2017 Employees from the former King & Wood Mallesons EUME arm are expected to accept a settlement from the firm’s administrators in an offer that would affect approximately... more

• Pinsents brings on Norton Rose Fulbright partners to launch in Perth

  Aug 09 2017 Pinsent Masons has hired on a team of partners from Norton Rose Fulbright to launch a new office in Perth. The new office will be the third Australian location for... more

• New hires at Fieldfisher, DWF, Linklaters, Watson Farley & Williams and O'Melveny & Myers

  Aug 09 2017 A number of firms have seen recent hiring activity, including Linklaters, DWF, Watson Farley & Williams, Fieldfisher and O’Melveny & Myers. Fieldfisher has hired... more

• Allen & Overy retains 85 per cent of qualifying trainees

  Aug 08 2017 Allen & Overy has announced its retention results for autumn 2017, revealing a retention rate of 85 per cent. Out of 47 final seat trainees, 41 received offers, and 40... more