Eversheds has launched a new Singapore office. The firm has taken on Desmond Ong, former managing partner of DLA Piper’s Singapore office. Ong, a corporate and litigation lawyer, will head the office. Source: www.
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WilmerHale Is Broadening its Asia Scope
WilmerHale has decided to widen its Asia network with the launching of a Shanghai office. The process has begun to acquire a permit to practice in Shanghai. WilmerHale currently has an office in Beijing and
Read morePatience Required for Asia / Middle East Job Search in First Half ’09
Robert here. I am writing from Miami, where I am recovering from another Gators BCS title. It has been a few weeks since we have posted here, due to the holidays and then being slammed
Read moreBerwin Leighton Paisner Gobbles Up Most of Another Firm
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has launched a Moscow office with approximately 70 attorneys from Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners (PGP), a top Russian firm. Andrey Goltsblat, previously co-managing partner of PGP, will run the new office,
Read moreAllen & Overy Restructuring Hong Kong Office
Allen & Overy is in the midst of restructuring its Hong Kong arm as a response to the ailing economy as well as to its loss of seven corporate partners who laterally moved to Latham
Read moreNixon Peabody Hires Ex-Heller Henry Liu
Nixon Peabody has taken on ex-Heller partner, Henry Liu, to oversee the China practice. Liu is to split his time between NY and Shanghai. Between 1995 and 2000, Liu was general counsel and director-general at
Read moreMoFo’s Tokyo Up 15%
Morrison & Forester’s Tokyo office is doing well, despite the global recession. Ken Siegal, managing partner, reports that its budget grew by 15% in 2008; they continue to stay very busy. The firm also has
Read moreDLA Piper Boosts Asia Practice
DLA Piper is making its presence in Asia known with the recent hire of Kit Kwok. Kwok joins the firm’s China corporate practice as partner. DLA has also boosted its Asia practice by promoting five
Read moreMoscow and New York Doing Well
One cannot escape the consequences of a suffering economy. Although it was birthed in the United States, it has soon become a global problem. Law firms can attestify that changes had to be made to
Read moreHelp for China M&A is on the Way?
Robert here, writing from sunny Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, where my wife and I call home when I am not traveling in Asia and the Middle East. After being abroad 10 of 12 weeks, it
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