Asia

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Dechert and PwC step into Singapore as global players sustain push into key Asian hub This summer saw continued interest…

Legal Business

Simmons & Simmons has created a specialist trade mark practice in China, hiring George Chan as a partner from Asia…

Legal Business

Hong Kong lawyers turned out in force last night (14 August) to cast a vote of no confidence in local…

Legal Business

Eight months after applying for a Foreign Legal Practice licence to open in Singapore, US law firm Dechert has been…

Jaishree Kalia

Stephenson Harwood will open its Seoul office in autumn this year after the Korean Ministry of Justice awarded the firm…

Legal Business

Top-20 UK firm Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to establish a presence in Africa, by forming an…

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 After announcing a return to form financially, with both revenue and profits up for 2013/14, Simmons & Simmons managing partner…

Tom Moore

Baker & McKenzie has opened a third office in Australia, launching in Brisbane as it targets expansion into energy and…

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Bird & Bird has signed strategic co-operation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business…

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Newly-merged transatlantic firm Squire Patton Boggs has bolstered its presence in Tokyo by tying up with Japan-headquartered corporate boutique Mamiya Law…

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Bird & Bird has signed strategic cooperation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business law…

Sarah Downey

Taylor Wessing last month became the latest international firm to set up in South Korea, establishing an association with local…

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As the Malaysian government this week releases the raw data used to show Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the…

Sarah Downey

Taylor Wessing has become the latest of in a procession of international firms to set up in South Korea, establishing…

David Stevenson

In a fortnight that has so far seen Winston & Strawn hire a four-strong corporate team from DLA Piper in…

Jaishree Kalia

Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first Magic Circle firm and the latest of the UK’s top 20 to launch…

Legal Business

Stephenson Harwood has received formal approval to work with Singapore firm Virtus Law from the local Attorney General’s Chambers. Under the…

Legal Business

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced it is opening in Seoul, South Korea, joining a growing number of UK…

David Stevenson

Ever active, the legal market in Asia has seen a number of high profile hires and losses over the past…

David Stevenson

With energy and infrastructure deals at the forefront of its game plan, UK top 20 firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has…