Jessica Seah

July 09, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $60 million to Shenzhen-based Proview International Holdings Ltd. to settle a Chinese court dispute over the use of the "iPad" trademark in China.

By By Jessica Seah

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April 26, 2013 | Law.com

Singapore's Allen & Gledhill has recruited six new partners for its arbitration practice. A group of five attorneys joining from local rival Rajah & Tann specializes in energy, infrastructure and construction disputes and is headed by Chong Yee Leong. Also joining Allen & Gledhill is former Singapore International Arbitration Center CEO Minn Naing Oo.

By Jessica Seah

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December 06, 2011 | The American Lawyer

SNR Denton has recruited corporate and project finance partner Daniel Liew from the Hong Kong office of London-based SJ Berwin, where he launched and headed the firm's Asia practice.

By Jessica Seah

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December 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Melbourne-based Maddocks has announced that it will be opening a Canberra office in February 2012. The new office, headed by Blake Dawson lateral hire Simonetta Astolfi, will advise the firm's governmental clients on regulatory, commercial, and dispute resolution matters.

By Jessica Seah

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July 15, 2013 | Law.com

Vinson & Elkins has announced plans to close its Shanghai office later this year and consolidate its China practice in Beijing and Hong Kong. The firm currently has three partners and 10 associates in Shanghai. Firm Chairman Mark Kelly acknowledged that the office closing might lead to some departures.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

July 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Lan Tao specializes in mergers and acquisitions, often involving the overseas investments of Chinese state-owned energy companies. He first joined the former LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae as a Beijing associate in 2007.

By Jessica Seah

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January 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has added corporate partner Carolyn Sng, formerly a partner at Herbert Smith, to its Hong Kong office.

By Jessica Seah

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December 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Freehills, Baker & McKenzie, King & Wood, and Minter Ellison are advising on Chinese coal producer Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd.'s planned $2.7 billion acquisition of Australia's Gloucester Coal Ltd.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

June 12, 2012 | Law.com

Allen & Overy has asked four of its Hong Kong partners to leave the firm for economic reasons. The cuts come amid a slowdown in Hong Kong capital markets activity, which had driven many firms' regional expansions less than a year before. A spokesperson said the Magic Circle firm is responding to economic conditions but not "hitting the panic button."

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

December 13, 2011 | Law.com

Stephenson Harwood has boosted its Greater China practice with two new partner hires. Former Bird & Bird partner Matthew Wong has joined the U.K. firm in Hong Kong, while Chun Fai Lui, previously a special counsel with Baker & McKenzie, has joined as a partner in Shanghai.

By Jessica Seah

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