Simmons promotes 18 to partner; most since 2004
Clifford Chance shores up Far East
Stephenson Harwood makes up four to partner
Hong Kong
Its status as a special administrative region of China makes Hong Kong the natural gateway to the People's Republic - and an ideal offshore jurisdiction.
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Step forward for China
The China legal services market has entered an important new stage.
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Hong Kong plans new Companies Bill
In order to modernise Hong Kong’s company law, a new Companies Bill is planned for consultation in mid-2009.
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Chinese takeaway
The 'Made in China' label has taken a beating recently, as numerous products exported to the US have been recalled.
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Liberal thinking
FoxMandal Little is the first Indian law firm to launch in London. And with liberalisation on the horizon, international head Som Mandal is looking to take the City by storm.
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India: open for business
Som Mandal, managing partner at Fox Mandal, explains why he supports the liberalisation of the Indian legal market.
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Working it out
The 2007 SIAC Rules have gone a long way to cement the arbitration body’s authority in Singapore, say John Champion and Mark Errington
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Out of the shadows
Gabriela Kennedy reports on measures to clampdown on shadow companies operating in South East Asia
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Rewriting the rules
Investors had high hopes for Indonesia's first directly elected president, who took office in 2004. But has Yudhoyono made good on his pledge to open up the economy?
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Readers have delved into the discussion on associates' racism claims against Herbies
"Err.... you didn't hire them to be British, did you? You hired them to generate billable hours!"
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A reader says about the Singapore government agreeing to semi-liberalise the local legal market:
"If foreign law firms operate in India, frivolous law suits will be filed... Foreign law firms should not practice civilian law but definitely can deal with foreign aff."
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Broking the law
Reform of Australia’s legal profession in the mid-1990s saw the abolition of many restrictive practices and gave rise to new business models capable of competing in the legal market. Such business initiatives transformed the country’s legal landscape by ...
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Investment into New Zealand
2007 saw another year of strong international investment into New Zealand. The main investors over the past 12 months have been offshore investment funds and private equity firms.
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Growth areas in the Australian market
During 2007, Australia's corporate legal market provided significant revenue and profit growth for the major law firms, despite the "top-end" Australian legal market being generally regarded as mature.
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Public enterprise
As the first law firm to be traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), and possibly the first in the world to publicly list, the experience of Slater & Gordon has attracted the interest of the legal and business communities locally and internationally.
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Shearman production team faces redundancy
Paul Weiss appoints new chair
