Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins has finally appointed a new China regional managing partner. Hong Kong head of financial services Paul Li was handed the post, which was left open by the departure of Huen Wong plus four other partners to launch the first local office of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson. Dawkins said Li’sappointment marked a “restabilisation” of Simmons’ regional teams. The firm now has to fill the partner headcount depleted by the exodus to Fried Frank.
Law firm merger frenzy continues in the US
The consolidation within the US legal midmarket continued with the announcement that an East Coast-based 400-lawyer firm called Day Pitney would be created out of a merger between Connecticut-headquartered Day Berry & Howard and New Jersey firm Pitney Hardin. The news came the day after it was revealed that Pinsent Masons‘ US ally, Thelen Reid […]