Robert here … I just arrived back home yesterday after a very productive, interesting, and also fun month-long work trip in Dubai. I was very tempted to extend the trip one more week after being
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Allen & Overy Takes a Big Hit
Latham & Watkins has made a seven lawyer lateral hire from Allen & Overy. The group is composed of partners in Hong Kong. The following are leaving Allen & Overy for Latham: regional corporate head
Read moreThelen’s China Practice Jumps Ship
Pillsbury has recently scored Thelen’s China practice! This news came after rumors that Thelen’s attempts to merge with Nixon Peabody were to no avail. The lateral team is led by partners, Louis Bevilacqua, Mary Utterback,
Read moreThe Dubai Life
Robert here. I am writing to you from the Emirates Towers in Dubai, in between meetings with law firm clients (today those firms happen to be Baker Botts, Curtis Mallet and Vinson & Elkins). Last
Read moreWhat is a Dubai?
Robert here, writing from Dubai at my suite in the Burj Al Arab, in the first week of another month-long visit this stunning city. I just finished perusing through my usual daily go to websites
Read moreLovells Scores Again This Week
Lovells had done it again: three in one week! Not only has the firm added Thomas Man for its Beijing office, Lovells has just hired two senior consultants for its Vietnam office. Attorneys Greg Buhyoff
Read moreDechert Beefs Up Beijing Office
Dechert has scored a managing partner for its new Beijing office. Wang’s experience ranges from global corporations to financial institutions to private investors in China. He is dually qualified in China and the US, having
Read moreLovells Adds Thomas Man to Beijing Office
Lovells has snagged Thomas Man, a partner from Orrick for its Beijing office. Man, a Shandong native, has much experience in corporate, securities, and M&As. The addition of Man will be very helpful to the
Read moreSurveying the Asia Markets
Here we sit in Hong Kong, midway through our semiannual review and survey of the major law firm market here. While we normally have someone on the ground here in Hong Kong, only twice a
Read moreDemonstrating Your Desirability
Last week we discussed some of the things law firm partners seek when staffing their overseas outposts in Asia. To be a successful associate, you need an entrepreneurial spirit, a high level of maturity for
Read moreInterview Tips
This week we are going to discuss what partners at U.S. or U.K. firms’ Asia offices seek when they are considering U.S. associate candidates. These topics are related in that the partners who interview candidates
Read moreA Look at Current Hiring Trends
On Monday we discussed some positive trends in M&A in Asia, notwithstanding the turmoil in credit markets and overall economic downturn globally. Today, we discuss very briefly some of the lateral hiring trends we have
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