Montréal, Quebec’s Harvey Simard Law Corporation has moved its headquarters to Hong Kong, and brought on Gaston Bruneau to head its Business Law Section there. The firm has operated in…
DLA Piper has brought on new partner Harris Chan, formerly of the Hong Kong office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, as part of its China construction practice. He brings with him…
Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin, which last month fired incoming associates, is launching a new office in Beijing, China. The firm just opened an office in Taiwan. Morris’ Asian offices…
The law firms of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Watson & Band announced an alliance to best serve those clients of either firm having business matters between the United…
DLA Piper announced today it is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staff across its Asian offices, in response to the global economic meltdown. DLA Piper has in recent years…
Bloomberg reports that while law firms in the US and UK are shrinking, their offices in China expanding. Twenty-eight foreign firms have opened offices in mainland China since September 2006,…
First LA’s Paul Hastings announced the layoff of 10 Atlanta associates. Now tipsters tell Above the Law that the firm is holding stealth layoffs today at its Los Angeles HQ.…
London’s Eversheds is opening of a new office in Singapore, and beginning work on developing a presence in Hong Kong. The firm has recruited DLA Piper’s former Singapore managing partner…
Nixon Peabody has recruited as its China practice chair a former general counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Henry Liu, who will be based in Nixon Peabody’s Manhattan office…
Amazingly, The American Lawyer is asking if it would be okay to apply the death penalty to Bernie Madoff. The enormous fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff has some U.S. commentators…
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