Paul Hastings makes third lateral hire in two months
Paul Hastings has hired corporate partner Duncan Woollard from King & Wood Mallesons. Woollard is expected to lead Paul…
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Team of nine departs Eversheds for KWM
A team of nine lawyers has departed Eversheds to join King & Wood Mallesons. The team includes four partners - real estate partners…
King & Wood Mallesons co-head leaving firm
In the same week as the revelation that Goodwin Procter will launch a private equity practice based in London, King & Wood…
King & Wood Mallesons lures JP Morgan vice chairman
King & Wood Mallesons has hired JP Morgan’s Asia-Pacific vice chairman Zili Shao as co-chairman of its China management committee. The hire is intended to signal strong…
Covington & Burling nabs litigation head from KWM
Covington & Burling has hired away King & Wood Mallesons litigation head Alex Leitch. Leitch had been with KWM since 1995 in…
Third Linklaters partner in two weeks departs
This week, a third partner from Linklater's project team left the firm, after two left last week. Energy partner James Douglass has been rehired by
Bird & Bird recruits partner from KWM in Hong Kong
Bird & Bird has nabbed equity capital markets partner Wing On Chui in Hong Kong. Chui comes to Bird & Bird from King & Wood…
King & Wood Mallesons gains practice license in Singapore
King & Wood Mallesons has been granted a foreign law practice license in Singapore by the Attorney General's Chambers. With the grant of this license, the firm plans to…
King & Wood Mallesons promotes co-heads in Hong Kong
Stuart Fuller, global managing partner and Hong Kong chief of King & Wood Mallesons, will relinquish his role of Hong Kong chief, which has paved the way for the promotion…
Proskauer Rose doubling London office space
US firm Proskauer Rose, which has its headquarters in New York, will move its London office into a space in Heron Tower, located at 110 Bishopsgate. Proskauer will leave its…
Three former Eversheds heads join KWM
King & Wood Mallesons scooped up former Eversheds London managing partner Cornelius Medvei, former international head of real estate…
King & Wood poaches veteran Allens partner in Brisbane
King & Wood Mallesons has hired a 13-year veteran partner and group head in Jamie Wells away from Allens in Brisbane. Wells headed the…
William Boss elected new MP of KWM SJ Berwin
William Boss (pictured), co-head of UK Real Estate at King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin, will succeed Rob Day as managing partner of…
Hogan Lovells still hasn't moved on Australian market
The rush to enter the Australian legal services market has seen the entry of international players like Ashurst, Herbert Smith, Linklaters and King & Wood in the past couple of years. In 2012, reports indicated that…
Star partners leave KWM to launch HK boutique
Two of King & Wood Mallesons' star partners are leaving the firm along with a team of associates to launch a new Hong Kong boutique firm. Larry Kwok was KWM’s…