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Squire Sanders set for Australia with 'majority' of Minter's Perth office
Squire Sanders Hammonds is set to launch in Australia with the acquisition of the majority of Minter Ellison's Perth office. The transatlantic firm is currently finalising discussions with a group of partners from Minter Ellison's Perth base, with ...
05 Aug 2011 | 04:00 | 
Barclays opens tender for Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific panel
Barclays is launching the second phase of its global panel review, with the bank this week to send out a tender document to law firms across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The review, which is being led by Barclays Capital EMEA general cou...
04 Aug 2011 | 00:00 |
Firms line up on Hong Kong group's £4.7bn Northumbrian Water takeover
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst have taken lead roles on the £4.7bn takeover bid for Northumbrian Water by a Hong Kong consortium. Freshfields has won the lead role for the consortium - which is led by Cheung Kong Infrast...
02 Aug 2011 | 13:12 |
Olswang set for Singapore launch as firm targets global integration
Olswang has applied for a licence to open in Singapore as the firm heralds international integration as one of its key themes for 2011-12. The firm applied for a Singapore licence last month with a view to launching later this year, with the new ba...
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Slaughters and Freshfields appoint new Asia management
Slaughter and May has appointed a new Beijing office head as long-serving partner George Goulding prepares to retire after 36 years at the firm. Hong Kong corporate partner Lisa Chung is set to take up the role of Beijing head when Goulding, who ha...
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Bird & Bird to target international expansion and key clients in three-year plan
Bird & Bird has put international expansion and client relationships at the centre of its three-year strategic plan. The firm is earmarking Asia and the Middle East as targets for growth, with team expansion and office launches forming key parts of...
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Australia's Mallesons in talks to tie up with China leader King & Wood
Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese leader King & Wood are in talks about forming an alliance, in what would mark a significant tie-up in the Asia-Pacific market. The pair have discussed creating some sort of link or alliance, with one...
21 Jul 2011 | 15:48 |
Ropes & Gray opens third base in Asia with Shanghai launch
Ropes & Gray has launched an office in Shanghai, marking the US firm's third presence in Asia. The office, which went live today (21 July), will be headed by private equity partner Arthur Mok. Prior to his move to Shanghai, Mok worked in the firm's...
21 Jul 2011 | 14:05 |
Herbert Smith capital markets partner exits to join US firm in Hong Kong
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has hired Herbert Smith's Asia head of US capital markets John Moore for its Hong Kong office. Moore is set to join the US firm's local corporate and capital markets practice in the autumn after six years at Herbert Smith...
19 Jul 2011 | 10:53 |
Old and new clash as Korean law students protest over proposed shake-up of old order
The annual opening ceremony for Korea’s Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) is usually a time for pride. To enter the institute’s mandatory two-year course and become a Korean lawyer, trainees must first have passed one of the world...
14 Jul 2011 | 00:00
Reed Smith signs up Dorsey partner to lead Shanghai launch
Reed Smith has launched a presence in Shanghai with the hire of corporate partner Jay Yan, the former regional managing partner for US firm Dorsey & Whitney. Reed Smith, which already has two Asian bases in Hong Kong and Beijing, will launch in Sha...
12 Jul 2011 | 15:50 |
Linklaters adds MoFo partner in shake-up of China management
Linklaters has shaken up its China practice with the appointment of new management and the hire of a partner from Morrison & Foerster (MoFo). MoFo corporate partner Tien-yo Chao, who is set to join Linklaters in August, will split his time between ...
11 Jul 2011 | 11:39 |
Ogier makes Rio Tinto hire for launch of new Shanghai office
Ogier has become the first offshore firm to secure a formal presence in mainland China with the launch of an office in Shanghai. The new base will be headed by managing director Kristy Calvert, who joins from international mining group Rio Tinto, w...
04 Jul 2011 | 10:27 |
Mayer Brown expands in Asia with Singapore office launch
Mayer Brown is launching in Singapore with the relocation of Hong Kong projects partner Kevin Owen to head up the new office. The new base will be Mayer Brown's eighth presence in Asia following its 2008 tie-up with Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM). ...
30 Jun 2011 | 11:35 |
Gateway to the East? Much is riding on tie-ups Down Under
News that Ashurst has become the latest City law firm looking to stretch its international reach into Australia has got a market already stirred up by the entrance of two magic circle firms within the last 18 months more than a little excited. And ...
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
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