Eversheds Sutherland‘s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) has left the firm’s Hong Kong office for K&L Gates. Nigel Stamp is joining the US firm as a partner after nearly seven years at Eversheds. He previously headed Morrison & Foerster’s China TMT practice, which he joined in 2006 from Clifford Chance. At K&L […]
Clyde & Co is set to perform a comprehensive review of its Indian best friends network as indications suggest the firm could be set to end one of its long-standing ties.
Linklaters is acting for Takeda Pharmaceuticals in the ongoing tussle for Irish drug maker Shire, represented by Slaughter and May.
Stephenson Harwood has made up five lawyers to partner in its 2018 promotions round, while an additional three have been named as local partners.
Orrick has hired Vinson & Elkins Tokyo managing partner James Atkin as co-head of the firm’s oil and gas practice globally.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has made up more new partners in Asia-Pacific for the third time since its 2012 merger, seeing 10 of its 17 new partners based in the jurisdiction.
Eversheds Sutherland has made up 20 lawyers to its international partnership, including four in the City.
Allen & Overy (A&O)’s Judith Gill QC will move to 20 Essex Street Chambers as an arbitrator next month, The Lawyer understands. Gill is currently based in Singapore, though it is not known whether she will join the set in London or in its offices in the far east city. Gill will become the set’s 19th arbitrator […]
Addleshaw Goddard has brought in veteran Asia head Bob Charlton in from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) to head up its Asia Pacific presence. Charlton will join Addleshaws after heading up BCLP’s Asia presence since 2014. Bryan Cave merged with Berwin Leighton Paisner in February this year to form BCLP. This new appointment will mean […]
Mayer Brown has bolstered its new Tokyo office, hiring two partners and one senior associate, joining the firm’s banking and finance and corporate and securities practices. Shri Maski and Tomo Adachi will join Mayer Brown’s banking and finance practice from Ashurst. Maski is joining as a partner and Adachi is joining as a senior associate. […]
Clifford Chance (CC) has represented US-based private equity giant The Carlyle Group in its £550m takeover of Australian wine company Accolade.
Osborne Clarke’s digital business head Adrian Bott is relocating to Hong Kong to support the firm’s regional arm in its recruitment efforts.
Shanda Group general counsel Li Han has exited the company after six years to join O’Melveny in Hong Kong. Han, who led the legal team at the global investment firm, is returning to private practice as a corporate partner. Prior to joining Shanda, she was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell for over three […]
Ashurst has boosted its Asian banking and finance practice with the hires of Fangda Partners partner Eric Tan and Allen & Overy (A&O) counsel Daniel Lau.
Tan specialises in acquisition finance, cross border lending, structured finance and other banking matters.
Cooley has launched a second Chinese office in Beijing, hiring Ropes & Gray counsel Xun Zeng as a partner.
Zeng was at his former firm for over three years, first as an associate in the private investment funds group and then as a counsel in the same practice based in Hong Kong.
Pinsent Masons has named its new China co-heads replacing the leadership it lost to Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in September last year.
Linklaters’ veteran China practice head Fang Jian will join one of China’s most profitable firms Fangda Partners.
Reed Smith has appointed a new Asia managing partner to succeed Roger Parker, who is stepping down after 18 months.
Hong Kong-based global corporate practice co-chair Denise Jong has been appointed as the firm’s new Asia managing partner.
BVI-headquartered Harneys has become the second offshore law firm to obtain a licence to offer international legal services in Shanghai.
This new development comes two years after the firm first set up an office in the city to offer fiduciary services.
Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Slaughter and May have all won roles in Alibaba’s $2.9bn acquisition of a stake in Chinese retail group Sun Art.
White & Case’s Asia private equity head Peggy Wang has relocated to London from Hong Kong just two years after she joined the US firm from Linklaters.
Shanghai-headquartered AllBright has sealed a co-operation agreement with Bird & Bird and will establish a representative office in the UK firm’s City premises.
China’s challenging and now-changing legal and regulatory environment has presented obstacles but also opportunities for foreign firms such as Dell, where Gordon Liu is general counsel
US litigation boutique Kobre & Kim has opened its third Asia office in Shanghai, which is also the firm’s first location in mainland China.
Osborne Clarke’s best friend firm in India has opened its second office in the country to tap into the region’s burgeoning technology markets.
Linklaters has once again claimed the title as the international firm seen to have the most robust India practice, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has shot up to second place, research reveals.
The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) has contacted its members saying the opening of the country’s legal services market to foreign firms is inevitable and imminent.
Kennedys has launched its first India desk, becoming the latest firm to increase its focus in the country ahead of a possible market liberalisation.
India has taken one step forward and two steps back in its move to liberalise its legal market following an unexpected move by the Bar Council of India (BCI) this month.
While the dramatic split of its largest law firm has dominated the headlines, India is poised for growth and firms say they are in shape to take advantage.
The dramatic split up of India’s largest firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co has created two separate firms led by two brothers – Cyril and Shardul Shroff. Although sharing the same family tie, similar names and the same aspiration to be the country’s best, the two firms could not be more […]
Lewis Silkin will pay out £2m to former client, ex-Indian Premier League CEO Tim Wright, following a High Court ruling on Friday (3 July). Mr Justice Hamblen ruled the firm acted in breach of duty in advising Wright on his £10m severance guarantee, which did not include a jurisdiction clause. Wright instructed Lewis Silkin head […]
Ashurst is advising long-time client Vedanta Resources on the merger of its oil and gas exploration subsidiaries Vedanta and Cairn India. Partners Tom Mercer and Richard Gubbins led the transaction from London, while US securities law partner Stuart Rubin advised from Hong Kong. Vedanta also turned Khaitan & Co for Indian legal advice, with the […]
There was a time when practically every foreign firm was clamouring to tap into the lucrative Indian market. But with the road to liberalisation proving interminably long and other Asian markets showing more value, many seemed to lose their interest in the vast country. Or did they? As new research from RSG Consulting shows, the […]
Linklaters has supplanted magic circle rival Allen & Overy (A&O) as the international firm seen to have the most robust India practice, with the firm coming highly-recommended by clients and Indian firms. Legal strategy consultants RSG asked 514 buyers of legal services and 26 Indian law firms to name the foreign firms they felt had […]
The brothers behind dissolved Indian firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co have launched two separate firms less than a week after confirming the dissolution of the family business. Older brother Shardul Shroff and his wife Pallavi have taken the Delhi arm of the old firm to launch Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & […]
Since 2013, the Top 30 firms in China has taken giant strides forward, with average revenue and headcounts soaring.
In a highly competitive and low-growth market, firms are increasingly turning to technology and innovation to stay ahead of competition while boosting efficiency and profitability. Asia-based firms are no exception. Those in Australia and Singapore, where growth has been harder to achieve, are leading the charge. Over the past few years, ‘legal hackathon’ and ‘design […]
A&O, Dentons, Norton Rose – energetic leadership and bold ambition characterise the law firms that have become global players in recent years
Pinsent Masons is taking a different approach to China from most of its rivals, as data in The Lawyer’s most recent Global 200 report confirms.
Relationships are important in China’s business culture, but after almost 20 years of flirting, Clifford Chance still can’t find an alliance partner.
It is nearly four years since the Chinese government established the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ), a ground-breaking initiative promising liberalisation and investment opportunities.
Nestling somewhere near the core of Linklaters’ new global strategy is China, a market that, according to the firm’s calculations, is set to see outbound investment grow to around $1.5trn over the next decade.
The One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is gathering steam quicker than anyone could have expected.
Google the words “blockchain and law firms”, and only four names appear on the first results page: Norton Rose Fulbright, Burges Salmon, Clifford Chance and Clyde & Co.
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