Jingtian & Gongcheng, a Chinese firm, has launched an association with L&C Legal in Hong Kong. L&C Legal is headed up by Elaine Lo, who was previously a senior partner at the Hong Kong office of Mayer Brown JSM. A…
PwC has hired corporate veteran and deputy chairman Rachel Eng from Singapore Big Four law firm WongPartnership. With over two decades of…
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has hired hospitality partner Koh Tien Gui from Rajah & Tann in Singapore. Koh is a…
Chinese firm JunHe has recruited corporate specialist Chris Tang from Latham & Watkins. Tang will join JunHe in Hong Kong as a partner. Tang…
Clyde & Co ship finance and transactional head Conor Warde has joined Mayer Brown JSM. He will work in the firm’s banking and finance…
Baker & McKenzie has hired two laterals into its US tax practice, as part of the firm’s continuing North American expansion. Tax partner David Berek comes to the firm’s…
Mayer Brown JSM named a new senior partner in its Hong Kong office. Terence Tung will take over the role from Elaine Lo, who is staying on with the firm as a partner as well as…
Longtime veteran and corporate partner Laurence Rudge of Slaughter and May Hong Kong has joined supply chain manager Li & Fung as its deputy general counsel. Rudge first…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, a US firm, has hired away Hogan Lovells's head of antitrust, competition…
Hogan Lovells has hired three lawyers from Mayer Brown JSM onto its intellectual property team in Hong Kong. Alan Chiu and Kenny Low…
Mayer Brown JSM has hired Pieter de Ridder as a partner into its tax practice in Singapore. He was formerly the head of Loyen & Loeff's…
Mayer Brown JSM has a new leader for its IP and TMT practice in Asia with the hire of Gabriela Kennedy from Hogan Lovells.…
Mayer Brown JSM has boosted its Singapore offering with the hire of projects partner Nathan Dodd from Linklaters. Dodd has more than 13…
This article looks at a cohort of female lawyers that have risen to the top of their game in Hong Kong, changing the male (and white) dominated culture at major law firms. Chun Wei heads the Hong Kong and Beijing…
Here is an interesting article in the Asian Lawyer about why Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opted not to open an…