DLA Piper plans to reduce its staff in Middle East by 39 percent. Here is the breakdown: On top of the two rounds of reduandancies that have occurred earlier in the year, the firm will
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Winston & Strawn Takes Beijing Partner from Baker & McKenzie
Winston & Strawn has hired Ge Xiangyang from Baker & McKenzie LLP. Xiangyang will be in charge of the firm’s new Beijing office. Winston & Strawn took over the Beijing and Shanghai offices from deceased
Read moreBlake Dawson Has Big Plans (In Tokyo)
Blake Dawson has announced that it will not be merging with another UK firm and will instead focus on the Asia legal market. The firm plans to open an office in Tokyo in early 2010.
Read moreTwo Linklaters Partners Leave for Firm Friend
Two partners have left Linklaters for its Indian friend firm, Talwar Thakore & Associates (TTA). Narayan Iyer, a project finance partner, joins from Singapore and corporate partner, Kunal Thakore, joins from Hong Kong. They are
Read moreWeil Gotshal Takes Two From Simmons & Simmons
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has hired two partners from Simmons & Simmons to boost its China practice. Henry Ong has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office and Jasson Han splits his time between Hong
Read moreCleary Gottlieb Relocates New York Partner to Moscow
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has transferred a partner from New York to its Moscow office. David Gottlieb focuses his practice on M&A but also practices capital markets law. Gottlieb joins two other partners: Scott
Read moreKodak In-House Attorney Moves to Reed Smith
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 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 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
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