Ever active, the legal market in Asia has seen a number of high profile hires and losses over the past week, including Norton Rose Fulbright asset finance partner Nigel Ward’s move to Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy’s hire in Singapore of Stephenson Harwood’s global head of aviation Paul Ng, and offshore firm Harneys Westwood & Riegels expansion into Singapore.
UK top 20 firm BLP last week hired Beijing-based Ward, who will join the 786-lawyer firm’s finance practice in Hong Kong, its third office in Asia after Beijing and Singapore.
