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Asia: Mayer Brown to form local JV in Hong Kong as Cleary takes Shearman partner

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7 July 2015
AsiaStrategic recruitment

Mayer Brown‘s Asia arm is in the final stages of forming an association with the Hong Kong office of Chinese firm Jingtian & Gongcheng, subject to regulatory approval from The Law Society of Hong Kong, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has hired Shearman & Sterling capital markets partner Shuang Zhao.

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