Law firms Davis Polk and Kirkland latest to pare back Hong Kong practices as US firm exits continue Legal Business · 7 April 2017 · 2 min read Hong Kong US firms Davis Polk Kirkland & Ellis Firms retreat as funds raised through IPOs in the region fall 26%Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis are the latest US firms to lose corporate partners from their Hong Kong offices as public listings in the region decline.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: Weil hires Kirkland secondaries partner as Orrick targets Cadwalader againLaw firmsKate Peacock14 Apr 2026Trading places: Kirkland launches Phildaelphia transactions practice as Sidley hires Cravath ECM partnerLaw firmsWill Lewallen10 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in ParisLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Apr 2026Letter from… Hong Kong: Asia’s most-desired village can be tough on the locals but the mood of confidence is backLaw firmsMarco Cillario8 Apr 2019Making it official: RPC to finalise combination with Hong Kong alliance firm Smyth & CoLaw firmsLegal Business3 Mar 2017Ashurst refreshes Hong Kong outpost with Linklaters hireLaw firmsMadeleine Farman9 Feb 2017‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024Revolving Doors: Travers and Shearman exodus continues as US firms pick up the talentLaw firmsAlex Ryan16 Feb 2023