Locke Lord hires Troutman lawyers following office closure
Lock Lorde has hired a team of three lawyers from Troutman Sanders in Hong Kong, ahead of the latter firm’s closure of its Asia…
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Simmons & Simmons grows in Asia with Italian desk
Simmons & Simmons has opened up an Italian desk in Asia, offering advice on investments between Italy and Asian countries. The new desk will be led by Milan partner Dario…
Addleshaw Goddard promotes nine between UK and Dubai
Addleshaw Goddard has announced its 2018 promotions round, with nine lawyers being made up to partner, in the UK and Dubai. Last year the firm promoted just five partners,…
DLA Piper to grow corporate HK practice with Kirkland hire
DLA Piper has recruited Kirkland & Ellis corporate partner Henry Cheng to join its Hong Kong office. Cheng’s experience is mainly in…
Linklaters adds 27 to partnership, increases female ratio
Linklaters has announced its promotions round, making up 27 lawyers to partner, up one from last year’s 26. This year’s round includes 10 City lawyers, from banking,…
Withers snags corporate partner from DLA in Hong Kong
Withers has recruited corporate partner Mike Suen from DLA Piper’s Hong Kong office. Suen’s expertise is in initial public offerings,…
Kirkland hires consultant from Clifford Chance in HK
Kirkland & Ellis has recruited Clifford Chance consultant Richard Sharpe to join its government and internal investigations group in…
DLA launches funds offering in Paris with latest hire
DLA Piper has hired corporate partner Benjamin Aller from MJ Hudson. The hire represents the launch of a fund offering in Paris. In over two…
BLP closes Myanmar office due to slow business
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced that it will be closing its Yangon office due to lack of work. Office managing partner Chris Hughes and his…
LLP accounts show revenue growth and steady profits for HSF
Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) LLP accounts show a sharp increase in revenue but a lack of growth in profit. Global revenues rose 11% to £920.8m from £832.2m.…
Grandall added to RHT’s ASEAN Plus Group
Grandall Law Firm has been added to ASEAN Plus Group (APG), an Asian legal network led by Singapore-based RHTLaw Taylor Wessing. This addition brings APG’s lawyer…
DAC Beachcroft launches collaboration with local firm in Hong Kong
DAC Beachcroft has boosted its presence in Asia through a new collaboration with Oldham, Li & Nie (OLN). Hong Kong-based OLN is the tenth-largest local firm in Hong Kong,…
Watson Farley launches alliance in Singapore
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) and Singapore firm Wong Tan & Molly Lim (WTL) have launched a new formal law alliance (FLA). The new alliance will operate as WFW &…
Matthew Layton re-appointed as Clifford Chance managing partner
Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has been re-appointed to a second term in the position. His subsequent term will begin as of 1 May 2018, with a duration of…
Denise Jong to take over as Reed Smith Asia managing partner
Denise Jong has been appointed as Asia managing partner at Reed Smith, taking over the position from Roger Parker. Jong will take over the role in January 2018 as Parker steps down…