K&L Gates has been approved by Singapore’s Legal Services Regulatory Authority to merge with local law firm Straits Law Practice. Expected to come to fruition by the start of 2019, the merger comes three years after…
Eversheds Sutherland has hired London tax partner Paul Beausang from Morgan Lewis & Bockius. He will join the firm’s real estate practice. Beausang joined Morgan Lewis in late 2015 from K&L Gates, where he was the…
K&L Gates has recruited Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe senior counsel Eugene Chang as a projects partner in Tokyo. Chang’s experience is in cross-border energy and infrastructure, structured finance, and more. He…
Goodwin Procter has recruited Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton associate Bosco Yiu as a private equity partner in Hong Kong. Yiu’s main focus is on privatization, M&A, and equity capital markets transactions, though…
K&L Gates has hired Eversheds Sutherland’s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) Nigel Stamp. Hong Kong-based Stamp has been a partner at Eversheds for close to seven years. Prior to that, he…
K&L Gates has recruited KPMG Law Firm’s global co-leader of compliance. Owen Chio will join the firm as an energy, infrastructure and resources partner in Taipei. Chio specializes in cross-border M&A and corporate…
K&L Gates has recruited Jones Day counsel Dooyong Kang to join its Tokyo branch. He will join the firm as a corporate partner. Kang’s focus is on M&A and strategic alliances. That includes financing transactions,…
An Allen & Overy partner has been called upon to give evidence regarding non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment, due to the firm’s representation of Harvey Weinstein nearly 20 years ago. Employment…
Clifford Chance has hired Peter Coney to lead its litigation and dispute resolution in Tokyo. Coney began as a solicitor in Australia in 1999, before holding positions at Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF).…
K&L Gates has scaled back on its promotion round this year, with 34 new partners being made up globally, three of whom are from the London branch. The three new City partners are Jennifer Marsh, Martin King, and…