Paul Hastings makes two corporate hires in Hong Kong
Paul Hastings has recruited corporate partners Samuel Ng from Morrison & Foerster and Jason Kuo from
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Clifford Chance partner departs for HK blockchain company
Clifford Chance has lost corporate finance partner Alex Erasmus to blockchain software company Block.one in Hong Kong. Block.one a software publisher, which in June 2018…
Simpson Thacher loses capital markets duo to Han Kun in HK
Chinese law firm Han Kun Law Offices has hired capital markets duo Ethle Tang and Tao Li as partners from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett to its associate firm Miao & Co in…
CMS makes Hong Kong play with duo hire from RPC
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has recruited insurance partners Andrew Horton and Steven Wise from RPC. The duo will…
Fangda Partners opens investment protection in Hong Kong
Chinese law firm Fangda Partners expanded its Hong Kong offering with the launch of an investment protection practice. For the launch the firm has hired arbitration specialist…
Offshore firm Ogier strengthens HK office with hire from Walkers
Ogier, an offshore law firm, has recruited Walkers senior associate David Nelson as a partner in Hong Kong. Nelson is a banking and finance…
Cooley recruits corporate partner from Kirkland in Beijing
Cooley has hired corporate partner Henry Yin from Kirkland & Ellis in Beijing.
Yin began at
Gordon Dadds to make first international expansion in HK
Gordon Dadds has launched an office in Hong Kong, its first overseas expansion. The move is expected, as the firm recently gained approval to practice English law in Hong…
HFW continues rapid construction expansion with hire from Ince
HFW has landed a key hire in construction partner Kijong Nam from Ince & Co in London. Kijong joined Ince & Co in 2011, and had a key role in…
EY adds local Singapore firm to global network
EY Law has added Singapore firm Atlas Asia Law Corporation to its global network. Atlas Asia is a firm started by corporate specialist Evelyn Eng, formerly a senior partner at
Stephenson hires from CC, opens SG banking practice
Stephenson Harwood has opened a banking practice in Singapore with the hire of Clifford Chance senior associate Gregory Xu, who…
DLA makes corporate hires in Frankfurt and Beijing
DLA Piper has hired corporate partner Roland Maass from Latham & Watkins in Frankfurt as well as corporate partner Yang Ge from
Hogan Lovells appoints IERP co-head as new APAC, ME chief
Hogan Lovells has appointed co-head of infrastructure, energy, resources, and projects (IERP) Miguel Zaldivar as chief executive for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East…
Nishimura & Asahi to launch in New York City
Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi has announced plans to launch an office in New York, breaking into the Western Hemisphere for the first time. The launch will take place…
PRC firm AnJie to open in Hong Kong through local tie up
Chinese firm AnJie Law Firm has opened an office in Hong Kong by tying up with local firm Hwang Hauzen. AnJie is a Beijing headquartered firm with about 200 lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Its practice…