Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 26, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… A judge ordered the shutdown of debt settlement firm Allegro Law LLC… Motley Rice LLC and Burke PLLC have joined forces to pursue claims for clients in the Kellogg, Brown, and Root, Inc., Burn Pit multidistrict litigation… Jeff Roberts joins Gibson, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Walkers, a leading International Financial Centre law firm, announced the appointment of Carol Hall as head of its newly established Investment Funds Group in Hong Kong. The group offers expertise covering a broad range of investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity and distressed funds. “Asia and Hong Kong in particular have been considerable focal points [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
SJ Berwin’s 12th office and 2nd office in East Asia has opened in Shanghai. The Shanghai office will focus on Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, and other core practice areas. This is SJ Berwin’s 3rd expansion this year. In April, the firm opened an office in Dubai and in Marchit launched an [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2009
Good morning and TGIF! Here’s a quick review of yesterday’s news… A Federal Court in New York rejected Standard and Poor’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them in a sub-prime mortgage case… Bryan Cave is paying new associates to look elsewhere for employment… Lawyers in South Korea are struggling with the new economy… Pepper Hamilton makes [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 3, 2009
If you or your firm do business in Hong Kong, you’ll want to keep a close eye on this story. Andrew Li, the Chief Justice of Hong Kong has announced he is retiring early. Li has been Chief Justice since the handover of the former British colony to China in 1997. It’s too soon [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 21, 2009
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 East Asia for 15 years, and is a Registered Foreign Law Firm in the Law Society of Hong Kong. Founded in 1995, Harvey Simard is a Canadian [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Skadden is sending three London lawyers to Hong Kong, plus bringing on a new lawyer, to handle cases related to the credit crunch. London’s Paul Mitchard will head the practice; and the firm has brought on an attorney formerly with Hong Kong’ s Pinsent Masons. The group will work with Asian firms under investigation for financial [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
Fulbright & Jaworski has added four new lawyers, and transferred partners, to its Hong Kong office. Jessica Fei joins Fulbright as counsel from the China practice of an unnamed international firm, where she was head of dispute resolution. Partners Richard Hill and Stefan Ricketts transferred to Hong Kong from Fulbright’s London office. Three new associates have also joined [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 25, 2009
SJ Berwin is launching a new dedicated China and East Asia practice with an office in Hong Kong. The firm’s first office beyond Europe will be founded by three partners and one consultant: Asia Managing Partner Daniel Liew, Peter Tse, Hans Thomas Kessler and Giovanna Kwong. The team will focus on corporate & commercial work and dispute [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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 built up one of the largest Asia practices of any international law firm, with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Bangkok. The majority of [...]
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Friday, February 26, 2010
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