Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe’s Hong Kong office has scooped a team of lawyers from Siao Wen and Leung in order to bolster its local law capability. The San Francisco-based firm has taken the bulk of Siao Wen’s corporate securities, commercial and China practice. The 19-strong group comprises four partners –founding partner Carson Wen, Michael […]
Allen & Overy partner Jonathan Gould is leaving the firm to take up the role of general counsel to the Jardine Matheson Group, based in Hong Kong.The Asian-based conglomerate comprises Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Cycle & Carriage and Jardine Lloyd Thompson. A senior corporate partner, Gould will have […]
Pillsbury Winthrop has widened its recruitment drive to the US East Coast after taking on the co-founding partner of West Coast rival Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s New York office. Babak ‘Bo’ Yaghmaie is joining the firm’s corporate and securities group where he will specialise in high-tech, life science, investment bank and venture capital clients. […]
Penningtons has seen a continued increase in turnover and net profits this year, with fee income hitting £21.2 million and net profits rising to £4.4 million.Fee income was up a total of 14.6 per cent, with net profits rising 11 per cent. However, profits per equity partner fell from £140,000 to £120,000 after the firm […]
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe’s Hong Kong office has scooped a team of lawyers from Siao Wen and Leung in order to bolster its local law capability. The San Francisco-based firm has taken the bulk of Siao Wen’s corporate securities, commercial and China practice. The 19-strong group comprises four partners –founding partner Carson Wen, Michael […]
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe’s Hong Kong office has scooped a team of lawyers from Siao Wen and Leung in order to bolster its local law capability. The San Francisco-based firm has taken the bulk of Siao Wen’s corporate securities, commercial and China practice. The 19-strong group comprises four partners –founding partner Carson Wen, Michael […]
Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron is continuing to build its corporate department with the appointment of Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Leigh Warnick.Warnick specialises in contested take-overs as well as in the energy sector.He recently advised Woodside Petroleum on its response to Shell’s attempted hostile take-over. The bid was ultimately blocked. Warnick also acted for South […]
French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has grasped the opportunity to open a London office after being approached by four partners from US best friend Sidley Austin Brown & Wood.UK-qualified partners Michael Doran and Colin Mercer and US-qualified partners Scott Cameron and Christopher Mead will launch the office with Gide partner Arnaud Duhamel, who will relocate […]
Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron is continuing to build its corporate department with the appointment of Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Leigh Warnick.Warnick specialises in contested take-overs as well as in the energy sector.He recently advised Woodside Petroleum on its response to Shell’s attempted hostile take-over. The bid was ultimately blocked. Warnick also acted for South […]
EasyGroup, the vehicle launched by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is undertaking a radical review of its external lawyers to significantly reduce the amount of legal work it outsources. The move follows the appointment of head of legal Della Burnside earlier this year from Altheimer & Gray, where she was head of the the intellectual property (IP) […]
Eversheds is to gain a foothold in China through Singapore best friend Khattar Wong. After the usual lengthy wait, Khattar Wong has finally been granted a licence by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to practice on the Chinese mainland.The firm will operate from an office in the Stock Exchange building in the […]
Government lawyers are to be offered posts in the judiciary under controversial plans announced by the Attorney General today. Lawyers working for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Government Legal Service and the Serious Fraud Office will be eligible to sit as civil recorders and deputy district judges. The Attorney Gerneral, Lord Goldsmith indicated full-time judicial […]