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SJ Berwin name poised to vanish as King & Wood merger vote looms
SJ Berwin is gearing up for a vote on a global merger with Asia-Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) that would see the UK outfit’s name disappear.
Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout
King & Wood Mallesons’ year-long merger negotiations with Singaporean firm WongPartnership failed just days before a tie-up was to be announced to the market, The Lawyer can reveal.
Morgan Lewis sees first ex-Dewey partner exit as Beijing co-head quits
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Beijing co-head Ingrid Zhu-Clark is to leave the firm, becoming the first ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf partner to exit the US outfit since a team of nearly 20 partners joined from the bankrupt firm last year.
Bingham raids White & Case in Tokyo for seven lawyer funds team
Bingham has expanded in Japan by snatching a seven-lawyer investment funds team from White & Case’s Tokyo office.
Exclusive: China giant Yingke targets domestic SME market with launch of virtual legal services
Yingke, one of China’s largest law firms, is getting closer to launch a new division branded as Yingke Cloud, aimed at revolutionising the provision of volume legal services in China.
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Dipping a toe into the Asia Pacific
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Herbies brings in Aussie corporate chief to rejig London corporate structure
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Clyde & Co gains approval for Beijing office launch
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Slater & Gordon set to acquire trio of UK personal injury practices
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Addleshaw Goddard opens in Hong Kong
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Linklaters and Bakers given green light for Seoul launch
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Stephenson Harwood unveils Beijing launch and Singapore association
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DLA Piper enters into strategic alliance in Indonesia
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Japan's Nishimura and Asahi launches into Myanmar and Thailand
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US duo lead on $586m sale of stake in China's Twitter-like Weibo
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Kirkland confirms plans for imminent Beijing launch
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China's Yingke launches in Israel with local merger
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Allen & Gledhill raids Rajah & Tann for five-partner team
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Bakers, CC lead as Thailand's Chearavanont buys retailer for $6.6bn
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Singapore Court refuses permission to instruct UK silk
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Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 with a focus on Asia Pacific
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Ropes bulks up in City and Hong Kong with Fried Frank duo
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Freshfields hires HK dispute resolution partner from Herbies
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A&O tops list of foreign India practices
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Zhong Lun hires first western partner for year-old City base
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King & Spalding recruits KWM arbitration co-head to Singapore
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Pinsents launches TMT practice in Singapore with local hire
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BHP Billiton appoints new chief counsel from Herbies
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Seyfarth Shaw hires DLA Piper partner for Shanghai launch
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Chinese banking giant ICBC puts legal panel in spotlight
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China's Geely installs chief counsel three years after Volvo deal
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Singapore's former deputy prime minister joins Drew & Napier
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MetLife hires Asia legal head from UBS
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Singapore's WongPartnership appoints joint managing partners
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2Birds hires Asia aviation head from Virgin Atlantic
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Corrs' Melbourne head quits for HWL Ebsworth
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Greenberg Traurig opens South Korea base
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Sidley adds Hong Kong energy partner from Simmons
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Australian mid-tier firm Johnson Winter takes trio from Corrs
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Freshfields and White & Case lead on major Indonesia share sale by CVC
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Hong Kong's Deacons hires WilmerHale's Beijing head
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Singapore arbitration centre revamps governance structure
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Clifford Chance and Linklaters advise on China Minmetals' RMB bonds
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Slaughters' Japanese best friend to open in Singapore and Shanghai
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Bird & Bird strikes alliance deal with Australia's Truman Hoyle
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Sidley hires first Singapore-qualified partner from Clifford Chance
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Ashurst clinches licence to open Beijing base for latest Asia step
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BLP corporate chief Bennett to oversee global growth in new role
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China's Yingke expands into Milan and Brussels
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Herbies names new Greater China head
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University of Law to train first Hong Kong solicitor-advocates
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Shearman cuts six lawyers from Hong Kong base
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Locke Lord boosts Hong Kong with five-partner association
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Herbies prepares ground for April Seoul launch
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US firm McKenna Long chooses Seoul for first Asia launch
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Ashurst's Green to oversee Blakes integration following retirement
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K&L Gates rebuilds Hong Kong with partner hires
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Norton Rose takes three partner team from Corrs in Australia
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Hogan Lovells shakes up management committee
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Ince & Co grows in Beijing with veteran in-house hire
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Stone Chambers to enter Singapore
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Tesco appoints China legal director after year-long hiatus
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Eversheds leads as private equity house acquires HMV's Asia stores
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LPO provider CPA Global expands into mainland China and the US
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Clifford Chance's former Vietnamese ally expands with energy bolt-on
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Clifford Chance elects new global partnership council
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Global quartet hired for €1.9bn Japanese purchase of Dutch asset manager
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Malaysian firm ZICOlaw opens in Myanmar
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DLA Piper cuts China capital markets team in Asia-Pac review
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BLP to open third Asia office after gaining Beijing licence
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Linklaters and trio of US firms gain Singapore licences
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Abramovich lawyer among first to gain higher rights in Hong Kong
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A&O, Ashurst and Bakers pick up places on panel for Australia's AMP
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Partner exodus continues at Linklaters' Aussie ally
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Freshfields and Herbert Smith lead on latest foreign utilities takeover
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Eversheds revamps Asia management team and finds relationship firm in Denmark
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Clifford Chance reinforces Hong Kong litigation with London head
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Lawyers suffer in toxic Beijing smog
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Slaughters joins Dutch duo on Philips' latest divestment to Asian buyer
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Singapore's Rajah & Tann launches in Cambodia and Myanmar
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Ashurst moves towards greater alignment in Oz but denies partner cuts
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Slaughter and May names new Hong Kong senior partner
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White & Case forms Jakarta association with MD & Partners
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Goodwin Procter pledges commitment to Beijing despite shelving launch plan
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Allen & Gledhill and Clyde & Co in Singapore negligence row
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Akin Gump launches new Singapore office
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AIG Asia in-house litigation head joins Thai firm Tilleke & Gibbins
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Ashurst joins local firms on Aviva's sale of Malaysian joint venture
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Asian firms to spearhead Myanmar expansion
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Clifford Chance makes first Aussie lateral hire since 2011 launch
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Watson Farley to set up Bangkok-based German desk with Ashurst hire
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Hong Kong investment banker rejoins Bakers from ICBC International
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Australia's Gadens expands into Singapore with Clifford Chance hire
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Eversheds scoops up Salans' Shanghai employment team
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Freshfields hires new partner as Orrick HK exodus continues
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Mason Hayes rejigs London leadership as incumbent moves to Oz
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Bakers snatches senior foreign lawyer from Kim & Chang ahead of Seoul launch
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DLA Piper adds global international arbitration co-chair in Singapore
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Gibson Dunn receives approval to return to Beijing
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K&L Gates adds first post-merger partner to Aussie base
