Mao Rong has just moved to Reed Smith’s Beijing office as of counsel. She joins from Kodak, where she was the director of legal affairs for Asia-Pacific. Rong has 10 years of in-house experience under
Read moreJones Day Looses Partner in Tokyo
Jones Day has lost a partner in Tokyo. Tadakatsu Sano resigned for the firm two weeks ago because he is set to be the newest chief executive assistant to Yukio Hatoyama , Japan’s new Prime
Read moreKinney Asia Teamwork / Two Special M&A Opportunities (HK and SHG)
Robert here, writing from Hong Kong. The past week has been very busy, thus it has taken a couple of weeks to put up another post. The number of US associate openings continues to increase
Read moreDechert Loses One, Gains Four
Dechert has made up for the loss of one of its senior corporate lawyers from its Moscow office this last Tuesday, with the hiring of three associates and one counsel in Moscow. Olga Watson, one
Read moreFreehills and TransAsia Make Alliance
Freehills, based in Australia, has made it official with Chinese firm TransAsia. The two firms have signed an alliance making it known to the world that they will work together as co-counsel on occasion. The
Read moreMissing Chadbourne
It would appear that Konstantin Konstantinov missed Chadbourne & Parke so much that he only lasted at Dechert a mere four months after jumping from the former to the latter recently. Konstantinov was one of
Read moreSeptember China Placements /Asia Expat Packages
Robert here, writing from Miami, working from home base on the beach for a two week stay sandwiched between hectic Europe (London and Warsaw, of all places) and Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing) trips.
Read moreIssues in Partner Recruiting: Digging Deeper
Partner recruiting season is never closed, and there’s normally no bag limit. Nevertheless, as new sharing ratios get set to be announced over the coming months, this is the time of year that many ultimately
Read moreHiring Outlook 2nd half ’09 / List of Some Openings
Robert here. Although not all US practices in HK / China are currently very busy, many have seen deal flow pick up dramatically in the past couple of months. The outlook is good for most
Read moreSaul Ewing’s China Alliance
Saul Ewing is officially allied with Concord & Partners based in Beijing. Concord also has offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen. It launched in 1995. The firms will remain two separate entities with their own fee
Read moreChina’s Economy Surging / List of Some Urgent Asia Job Openings
Robert here. Apologies for no new post last week, as Robert and I have been extremely busy and also traveling quite a bit. Our Asia team as a whole, including Yuliya Vinokurova, Robert and me,
Read moreFreehills Makes Notable Hire in Singapore
Geoffrey Grice has taken a partner position with Freehills in Singapore. Grice was most recently the deputy state solicitor in the State Solicitor’s office of Western Australia. This is a big feat for Freehills as
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