O’Melveny & Myers is making the most of the battered telecoms sector by setting up a specialist regulatory group. James Young, former general counsel at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon Communications) and of counsel at Hunton & Williams, will be moving to O’Melveny as a partner. Kimberley Newman is also joining from Hunton & Williams, where she was a partner specialising in regulation and antitrust. Both will be joining O’Melveny’s Washington office. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 21 January
Hong Kong proves a graveyard for Camerons and Dewey Ballantine
Dewey closes door on Hong Kong; US firms suffer from lack of dual capability; UK firms await fruition of Chinese promise Dewey Ballantine last week became the latest firm to shut its Hong Kong office. The New York firm’s announcement comes hot on the heels of CMS Cameron McKenna’s shock decision to abandon mainland China […]
