Guillaume Kessler leaves post art Olswang Paris head for Orrick
Guillaume Kessler has been hired away from his position as Paris head of Olswang by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. The hire…
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Mayer Brown launches PA corporate and securities practice
Mayer Brown has announced the launch of a corporate and securities practice in its Palo Alto office. The practice will be led by Jennifer Carlson and Nina Flax, who will relocate…
Malasia to permit fly-in-fly-out lawyering
Malaysia looks set to introduce new legislation allowing international law firms to do business on a 'fly-in, fly-out' basis, allowing them to advise clients in the country without having local offices. The new…
Majmudar & Partners boosts corporate practice with Trilegal hire
Majmudar & Partners has boosted its corporate practice, taking on Trilegal counsel Christopher Krishnamoorthy as an associate partner.…
Akin Gump appoints new Beijing head
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has shuffled the leadership at its Beijing office, hiring corporate lawyer William L. Rosoff to replace former Beijing head Spencer…
Latham & Watkins relocates two partners to boost Singapore practice
Latham & Watkins has boosted its Singapore practice by relocating to London partners - Rod Brown and Luke Grubb - to join the mergers and acquisitions and outsourcing groups…
Linklaters negotiates alliance with South African firm
Linklaters is in advanced negotiations with South African law firm Webber Wentzel about an exclusive alliance along the same lines as the…
Freshfields hires former Dewey partner to lead Beijing energy practice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Gang Yuan to head up the energy and natural resources practice in its Beijing office. Yuan…
Indian firm Amarchand launches in Chennai
Indian law firm Amarchand Mangaldas has launched an office in Chennai. The new base will specialise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, private…
Indian firm S&R Associates promotes two to partnership
S&R Associates has promoted two associates to the partnership, elevating Bhakta Patnaik in the Mumbai office and Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan in Delhi. This brings the total partnership to seven. Bhakta’s practice…
Amarchand hires Linklaters associate as partner in Delhi office
Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Managing Associate Pranav Sharma from Linklaters as a partner in the Delhi office Banking & Finance and…
Linklaters forms alliance with Australian firm AAR
UK Magic Circle firm Linklaters has formed an exclusive alliance with Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson. The alliance is not a…
Freshfields boots Asia energy practice with hires from Allens and Milbank
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its energy practice in Asia with the hire of two new partners: Gavin MacLaren from
Akin Gump hires energy and global transactions expert from Vinson & Elkins
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its energy and global transactions team in Houston with the hire of partner Stephen Davis from