Clifford Chance’s Perth managing partner has left the firm for Norton Rose Fulbright in the latest high-profile exit from the magic circle firm’s Australian office. Paul Lingard, a partner in Clifford Chance’s mining group, is moving over to Norton Rose Fulbright, alongside Herbert Smith Freehills executive counsel Miriam D’Souza. She too is joining Norton Rose’s corporate […]
Months after agreeing a new tie-up in Hong Kong, CMS has increased lawyer headcount in the region after snaring an eight-lawyer team from RPC. Partners Andrew Horton and Steven Wise are leading the move to CMS, which earlier this year struck up a new association with Hong Kong firm Shirley Lau & Co increasing its capacity to offer […]
Cooley is beefing up its Beijing office with newly-appointed partner Henry Yin from Kirkland & Ellis. Yin was previously a Hong Kong partner at Kirkland & Ellis, which he joined in 2014, and started his career at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s New York office in 2009. He deals with corporate matters such as […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has named Darren Roiser as its new managing partner in London and taken on new space in the Walkie-Talkie building. Roiser, who featured in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 this year for his work helping KWM staff affected by its collapse in ther UK, will serve a three-year term as head of the […]
Reed Smith has announced its move to a new office in Singapore, the latest in its increasing expansion in Southeast Asia. The law firm has moved its Singapore hub to a bigger space located inside the Ocean Financial Centre building in Raffles Place to accommodate an ever-increasing team as part of a long-term commitment to […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s former head of London corporate Simon Marchant is to take on a new role in Australia, advising on law firm strategy. Marchant, who is retiring from the magic circle firm this summer, is to take on an advisory role at Australian firm Clayton Utz from October. He is expected to work for […]
Clyde & Co is advising Hong-Kong based developers Lai Sun Development Company in the construction of 100 Leadenhall – a skyscraper that is set to be London’s third tallest tower. Real estate partner Martin Quicke, who specialises in advising property companies and overseas investors from Hong Kong and South east Asia, is leading for Lai […]
Dentons former Beijing head Sarah Zeng is leaving the firm after six years to join Orrick, in a move that is set to bolster the latter’s Asia M&A and private equity practice. Before working at Dentons, Zeng was general counsel of Hong Kong-listed Weichai Power, China’s largest engine manufacturer; and vice president and country manager […]
Last week, an Australian judgment picked Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s sparring partner in the upcoming class action against embattled startup GetSwift. GetSwift, a fast-growing software startup under fire over allegations of misstated profits and accounts, called on Sydney-based Quinn partner Michelle Fox to represent it during these proceedings. Unusually, it was the choice of […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) Beijing partner Hazel Yin to co-head the competition practice in China. Yin has worked at KWM for most of her career, and was promoted to partner in February 2013. In her new role, she will work alongside China co-head Ninette Dodoo. At KWM, Yin built […]
Linklaters has become the latest firm to secure Chinese law capability, sealing the deal for joint operations with Shanghai-based boutique Zhao Sheng. Following government approval, Linklaters becomes the first magic circle firm to take advantage of the Shanghai free trade zone scheme (SFTZ), building on the relationships it has already established in the region. The firm struck up a […]
CMS Hong Kong has entered into an association with new firm Shirley Lau & Co, providing the firm with local law capabilities in the region. The group is formed of members of Troutman Sanders’ Asia offices, including partner Shirley Lau and seven other senior corporate and litigation associates. Earlier this year, Troutman confirmed it would be pulling out of […]
Italian heavyweight Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners is launching an office in Shanghai in its first international expansion for four years. The Shanghai office is Gianni Origoni’s eleventh office globally, and its second in Asia. It launched in Hong Kong in 2014 and signed a formal alliance agreement with Chinese firm Han Kun Law […]
Clyde & Co‘s star magic circle hire in China, Beijing managing partner Patrick Zheng, has left after four years to join independent firm Llinks Law. Zheng will be a partner in Llinks’ cross-border dispute resolution practice. In his new firm, Zhang will join co-founder Charles Qin, as well as partner Peiming Yang, in leading the firm’s […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
By Shaimerden Chikanayev Kazakhstan has high ambitions in China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) as it is geographically an ideal junction between China and the west. There may, however, be some roadblocks for the BRI’s projects in Kazakhstan. It is therefore important to examine past experiences in order to be able to predict what legal […]
The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) recently gathered nearly 70 global leaders in finance, law, government, academia and innovation for a special roundtable discussion that explored the challenges surrounding blockchain regulation. Usman Sheikh, Gowling WLG partner and National Head of the firm’s Blockchain & Smart Contract Group, co-led the forum with blockchain pioneer and co-founder of BRI Don Tapscott, […]
On 2 July 2018, Kazakhstan adopted the Law No. 166VI “On amendments and changes to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Insurance and Insurance Activities, the Securities Market” (the “Law”). The Law entered into force on 15 July 2018 (with the exception of certain provisions, which will come into force later). Among […]
On 4 June 2018, the Federal Law ‘On the Measures (Countermeasures) in Response to Unfriendly Actions of the USA and(or) other Foreign States’ (hereinafter – the ‘Law’) was published and came into force. The Law provides for the right of the Government of the Russian Federation (RF Government) based on the decision of the President […]
On 17 May 2018, amendments to the Federal Law ‘On the Circulation of Medicines’ (hereinafter – the ‘Draft Law’), which simplify the procedure for registration of medicinal products for foreign manufacturers of medicines, were adopted in the third final reading. According to the amendments are aimed to shorten the terms for accessing by medicines the […]
On 16 April 2018, the Council of the State Duma approved for consideration the draft Federal Law ‘On the Measures (Countermeasures) in Response to Unfriendly Actions of the USA and (or) other Foreign States’ developed by a group of deputies (hereinafter – the ‘Draft Law’). According to the explanatory note, the Draft Law is developed […]
The Government of the Russian Federation by its Resolution No. 633, dated 31 May 2018 introduced changes to the Rules for the State Registration of Medical Devices approved by Resolution of the Government No. 1416, dated 27 December 2012 (hereinafter – the ‘Registration Rules’). The changes are aimed at reducing the timing of state registration […]
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 572 dated 12 May 2018 introduced amendments to Resolution No. 1289 dated 30 November 2015 that establishes restrictions and conditions for admission to the procurement for state and municipal need of medicinal products included in the list vital and essential medicines (VEM) originating from foreign states…
On 21 April 2018, the Instruction of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation No. 4561-u dated 3 October 2017, which establishes a new procedure for qualifying foreign financial instruments that have been assigned with the security identification code (number) (ISIN code) and the international classification code of financial instruments (CFI code), as securities (‘Procedure’). […]
On 23 March 2018, the United States of America introduced a special protective measure in the form of increased customs duties on imports for steel and aluminium products, including those originating from the Russian Federation. Pursuant to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, a WTO member state affected by special protective measures shall have the […]
On 31 July 2018, the Federal Service for Supervision in the area of communications, information technology and mass communications (Roskomnadzor) held a traditional Open Day coincided to the anniversary of adoption of the Federal Law No. 152-FZ ‘On Personal Data’ (‘Personal Data Law’). The Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Mr. Pankov told about Roskomnadzor’s attitude to […]
On 29 July 2018 several Federals Laws were signed off amending the Federal Law ‘On Currency Regulation and Currency Control’ as follows: Federal Law No. 246-FZ introduced additional cases when a resident (an individual or legal entity deemed as the resident of the Russian Federation for currency control purposes) is deemed to have fulfilled the […]
