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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 |
Hogan Lovells boosts Asia capital markets with Singapore transfer
Hogan Lovells is adding its first dedicated capital markets partner in Singapore, with the relocation of London partner Andrew Carey to the office. Carey, who will join the five-partner office on 4 April, specialises in international securities off...
30 Mar 2011 | 11:35 |
DLA enters Mongolia market with alliance deal
DLA Piper is set to enter the Mongolian legal market after securing an alliance with local firm C&G Partners. The two-partner Mongolian firm will become a DLA Piper ‘focus firm', with DLA targeting local work in sectors including mining, capital ...
24 Mar 2011 | 10:49 |
CC plans South Korea launch as legal market opens to international firms
Clifford Chance (CC) looks set to become the first leading City firm to open an office in South Korea, with the firm planning to launch after the country's legal market is opened up to foreign law firms this summer. The firm is one of a number of t...
24 Mar 2011 | 00:00 |
A Huawei backlash? China's new security regime for foreign deals bodes ill for Western lawyers
Last month, leading Chinese networking equipment maker Huawei Technologies bowed to a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) and withdrew its attempt to purchase $2m (£1.24m) worth of server patents from California's ...
17 Mar 2011 | 01:01 |
10 years and still going strong: Links’ Singapore JV continues to deliver the goods
Singapore's joint law venture (JLV) regime, which required international firms to pair with local firms to practise Singapore law, never had many fans. Tie-ups between Shearman & Sterling and Stamford Law Corporation; between White & Case and Colin...
14 Mar 2011 | 11:50 |
Career Clinic: After 10 years in Asia, what jobs should I target in the UK?
"I qualified 10 years ago and immediately afterwards decided I wanted to try living in Asia. I've since spent 10 years in Thailand, firstly for seven years as an in-house consultant for the Asia branch of a business news service, and for the past thre...
03 Mar 2011 | 11:11 | 4 comments
Herbert Smith City disputes partner moves to Hong Kong
Herbert Smith has relocated London dispute resolution partner Robert Hunt to Hong Kong in response to growing activity in the region. Hunt moved to Hong Kong at the end of last month, with the relocation making him the sixth partner in the office's...
03 Mar 2011 | 00:49 |
International Bar Association in Korea move
The International Bar Association (IBA) has announced the launch of an office in South Korea, marking the organisation's first base in Asia. The IBA will move into temporary accommodation in Seoul this autumn while new offices are built, with an ex...
02 Mar 2011 | 15:56 |
Norton Rose seals new Indonesia association
Norton Rose has launched a formal tie-up in Indonesia with Susandarini & Partners and bulked up its Australian intellectual property (IP) practice. The firm announced today (1 March) that it has formed a new association with 15-lawyer Susandarini &...
01 Mar 2011 | 15:59 |
CC and Bonelli advise as Prada gears up for Hong Kong listing
Clifford Chance (CC) and Italian leader Bonelli Erede Pappalardo have won advisory roles as Italian fashion group Prada eyes up a float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Prada has instructed Bonelli on the deal, which could see the label valued at a...
24 Feb 2011 | 00:43 |
Singapore makes room for global legal players
In Asia's current success story, if Hong Kong is a stepping stone for China, then Singapore is destined to be the springboard for India and Southeast Asia. With career and professional growth in mind, Singapore has taken steps to liberalise industries...
22 Feb 2011 | 07:41 |
CC Tokyo partner takes up Deloitte China general counsel role
Clifford Chance (CC) Tokyo partner James Jamison is joining Deloitte in China as national general counsel. Jamison is due to join Deloitte next month (7 March) to replace Peter Griffiths, who will step down this summer. He has been a litigation par...
22 Feb 2011 | 07:39 |
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