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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 | 
Eversheds signs up MoFo's China TMT chief for Hong Kong base
Eversheds has boosted its Hong Kong office with the hire of Morrison & Foerster's China technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) head Nigel Stamp. Stamp joined Eversheds this week as a partner, and has been handed a brief to expand the firm's...
24 Jun 2011 | 14:31 |
Slaughters wins lead for Prada as $2.1bn Hong Kong IPO goes live
Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on Prada's $2.1bn (£1.3bn) Hong Kong listing alongside Italian best friend Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and US outfit Davis Polk & Wardwell. The initial public offering (IPO), which went live on the stock exchan...
24 Jun 2011 | 11:54 |
Chinese firms enter London legal market to warm reception as expansion tops agenda
In a meeting room on the 40th floor of a Beijing office tower, Rupert Li, International managing partner of the Chinese firm King & Wood, contemplates a trip to London. Li, who joined the Chinese giant from Clifford Chance in 2010, notes that his visi...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
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Norton Rose brings in deputy managing partner role in top-level shake-up
Norton Rose has made a number of top-level management changes, including the creation of a new deputy managing partner role for the Norton Rose LLP. Global corporate chief Tim Marsden has been handed the new role in the wake of the enlargement of N...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Holman adds partners across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney in Asia push
Holman Fenwick Willan is set to bulk up its Asia practice with a number of hires and relocations as the firm's focus on the region increases. Ex-Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Jonathan Moult is joining the firm's Hong Kong office in September,...
20 Jun 2011 | 14:04 |
BLP set to open up in Hong Kong as firm targets China real estate work
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is set to open its second Asia base in Hong Kong, in a bid to target work in the Chinese real estate sector. The firm is currently in the final planning stages for a Hong Kong launch, and is expecting approval of its l...
17 Jun 2011 | 10:32 |
Freshfields loses Hong Kong head as Sullivan launches local law practice
Sullivan & Cromwell has launched a Hong Kong law practice with recruits from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, writes The Asian Lawyer. Kay Ian Ng, formerly Hong Kong managing partner for Freshfields, will lead the new group for Sullivan, with counse...
17 Jun 2011 | 09:21 |
Freshfields wins second recent Hong Kong IPO role on $800m float
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have advised on Huaneng Renewables’ $800m (£500m) Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO). Skadden took the lead role for the Chinese renewable energy company, fielding a te...
16 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Hogan Lovells appoints new MP for Beijing office following Jones Day departure
Hogan Lovells has appointed a new managing partner in Beijing following the departure of intellectual property (IP) partner Horace Lam to Jones Day. Lam left Hogan Lovells to join Jones Day on 23 May and has been replaced by corporate partner Jun Wei...
02 Jun 2011 | 10:19 |
Herbert Smith seals hire of first US-qualified investigations partner
Herbert Smith has recruited its first US-qualified investigations partner with the hire of Goodwin Procter's Kyle Wombolt in Hong Kong. Wombolt joined Herbert Smith's Hong Kong dispute resolution practice as a partner last month from US firm Goodwi...
01 Jun 2011 | 12:05 |
Freshfields and Camerons lead on €9.6bn pharma acquisition
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna have advised on the largest European private equity deal since before the global financial crisis, worth €9.6bn (£8.4bn). The two law firms have advised as Japanese pharma company Takeda mak...
20 May 2011 | 14:50 |
Legal Week launches Asia version of online client briefings library
Legal Week has launched an Asia version of its online database of legal developments, in an expansion of the popular Legal Week Law research tool. Legal Week Law Asia provides a tailored homepage for the fast-expanding Asian legal market, highlight...
20 May 2011 | 00:00 |
Clydes forms new India tie-up after partners split from best friends firm
Clyde & Co has ended its relationship with India best friend ALMT Legal and set up ties with a breakaway group of partners from the firm. Five partners have left ALMT to set up a new boutique, Clasis Law, with Clydes set to continue to operate in t...
27 Apr 2011 | 14:51 |
Freshfields appoints local China chair and relocates two partners to region
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has signalled its commitment to its China practice with the firm relocating two partners from London and appointing its first-ever local chairman. China managing partner Teresa Ko is set to take on a new client-facing...
21 Apr 2011 | 08:18 |
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