Nov 20, 2018
Construction and infrastructure specialists Kelvin Aw and Lynette Chew are exiting Morgan Lewis Stamford after being hired by CMS Holborn Asia, the foreign law alliance (FLA) of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Singapore.
The duo launched Inca Law in 2010 after having worked together at legacy Harry Elias Partnership. Inca Law was acquired in 2013 by Stamford Law Corporation, which eventually merged into a foreign law alliance with CMS in 2016.
Chew focuses on construction, engineering, and infrastructure matters, while Aw specializes in power, infrastructure, and engineering.
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Nov 20, 2018
Fladgate has hired a 10-strong real estate team from CMS in London. The hire comes just a month after Alan Karsberg and Simon Kanter, both real estate partners, left CMS for Fladgate. Karsberg and… more »
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Nov 20, 2018
Pinsent Masons has hired Rosita Chu as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Chu joins from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius associated firm Luk & Partners, where she was also a partner.
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Nov 19, 2018
FitzGerald, a boutique firm based in Hong Kong, has hired Denis Petkovic, who joins from Withers.
Petkovic was a senior partner at Withers, focusing on corporate and finance matters. Prior to… more »
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Nov 19, 2018
Steve Winegar has been hired by Chinese company Ping An Insurance Group, where he will serve as international general counsel.
Winegar has been chair of Paul Hastings’ Hong Kong office since… more »
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Nov 19, 2018
Dentons CEO Elliott Portnoy and chairman Joe Andrew have both been re-elected in their positions at the firm, and will stay on for a new three-year term.
Portnoy and Andrew have both held their… more »
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Nov 16, 2018
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has completed its first round of promotions since the merger of legacy Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner in April.
The firm made up a total of 23 partners, the… more »
Nov 16, 2018
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has brought on private equity partner Amy Mahon, who will join the firm’s London office. She comes to the firm from the M&A practice at Clifford Chance.
Mahon spent 10 years as a partner…
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Nov 16, 2018
Seven months after the completion of a merger between Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner, two partners have announced their departure from the combined firm, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP).
Kristi Swartz and…
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Nov 15, 2018
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced its latest round of partner promotions. US-based Simpson Thacher has promoted a total of 11 partners worldwide, with 9 based in the US, one in London, and one in Hong…
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Nov 15, 2018
Addleshaw Goddard has hired Lance Jiang, who joins from Great Wall AMC International Holdings, a distressed-debt company in China. He served as co-head of legal while at the company.
Jiang will join Addleshaw’s Hong…
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Nov 15, 2018
Hogan Lovells has hired Antonia Croke as a partner in the firm’s London office. She previously worked as a senior associate at Ashurst, also in London.
Croke is known as a dispute resolution expert, and will be a…
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Nov 14, 2018
Kathleen Russ has been named as Chris Hale’s successor as senior partner at Travers Smith.
Russ previously served as head of the firm’s tax department from 2007 to 2017, and has been a partner in the tax practice…
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Nov 14, 2018
Simmons & Simmons has hired James Grand, a partner who joins the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Upon joining Simmons, Grand will head up its collateralized loan obligations (CLO) practice, which is a part…
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Nov 14, 2018
Baker Botts has made up 12 new partners across its global offices this year. One of the new partners is based in the firm’s London office, representing the first London promotion for Baker Botts in the past five…
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