Eversheds has hired five new partners in Hong Kong, all previously with DLA Piper. The newbies include: King Tak Fung and Michael Yau (banking), Ivan Ng, Ronald Sum and William Leung (litigation). Also joining the
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The Asia Chronicles: A Few Urgent Needs / New Offices / Better Lateral Market in First Quarter? …
Robert here, writing from Miami, packing up for another Asia trip this weekend. Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Chinese New Year!! Most firms in HK / China close their doors completely all this week for
Read moreProskauer Has Landed in Hong Kong
Proskauer Rose has taken up a new office in Hong Kong’s central business district. Coroprate partner, Yuval Tal, has moved to Hong Kong from New York, to open and lead the office. The new address
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 moreBasic US Tax Issues in Asia, Middle East and Russia
Robert here, writing from Hong Kong, where we just made two more US associate placements last week and expect another one this week. I just arrived back in Hong Kong late last night, after a
Read moreExpat Packages in Asia
This is Robert from Hong Kong, writing on the fly for about 20 minutes, at 2am, after a long day of meetings, late client dinner and before an early flight to Jakarta. We have recently
Read moreOverseas Lateral Hiring Market
Robert here. Robert and I were both recently asked by American Lawyer for our take on the current overseas US lateral hiring market. In preparing an informative article on this topic, Brian Baxter, of AmLaw,
Read moreAllen & 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 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 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
Read moreFocus on M&A
This week, we are going to very briefly discuss the state of the market for major law firms in Asia, with a focus on M&A, and with our usual slant towards Hong Kong / China
Read moreJones Day Strenthens Its Hong Kong Office
Jones Day has hired Joe Bauerschmidt for its Hong Kong office. Bauerschmidt concentrates his practice on securities offerings and has represented both internatioanl banks and corporate entities. Bauerschmidt previously worked at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &
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