Jessica Seah

February 16, 2012 | Law.com

Singapore's Parliament has approved legislative changes that would clear the way for mergers between international and domestic firms as of the second quarter of this year. The move reflects changing attitudes by Singaporean law firms, which had previously sought protection against competition from international firms.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 27, 2013 | Law.com

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal has rejected a bid to give domestic workers from the Philippines and Indonesia the right to seek permanent residency in the territory, finding that special contractual restrictions put them in a different category from other foreign residents and it was not unconstitutional to exempt them from eligibility for permanent residency.

By Jessica Seah

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April 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

S. Jayakumar, who was Singapore's number-two leader from 2004 to 2009 and its minister of law for two decades, will join Drew & Napier as a consultant in May.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

January 07, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The Korean steel giant is leading an Asian consortium buying a stake in the Canadian iron ore business of ArcelorMittal.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance and Matrix Chambers are among the firms for the defense in one of Hong Kong's biggest-ever corruption cases.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 08, 2012 | Law.com

Squire Sanders has announced plans to open an office in Seoul. Partner Joon Yong Kim, the head of the firm's Korea practice, will relocate from Tokyo to lead the new office. A corporate partner, Kim will focus mainly on M&A and joint ventures. Partner Edward Kim will also join the new office from the firm's Tokyo location.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

November 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Allen & Overy is advising Jinchuan Group Ltd. on its planned $1.2 billion buyout of South Africa's Metorex Ltd., which has a controlling stake in a copper mine in Zambia. South African firms Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr are also advising.

By Jessica Seah

1 minute read

January 16, 2013 | Law.com

Baker & McKenzie has hired Seong Soo Kim, formerly a Kim & Chang foreign legal consultant, as a new Korea practice partner for its Hong Kong office. Though Baker & McKenzie is opening a Seoul office, pending regulatory approval, the firm has so far only decided to send three other Korean-speaking lawyers to Seoul when the office begins operations.

By Jessica Seah

1 minute read

December 07, 2011 | Law.com

Kirkland & Ellis senior Chinese corporate partner Xiaoyang Li has left the firm to return to Beijing-based Jun He Law Offices. Li was one of the first senior-level partners to join a Western firm from a Chinese one when he joined Kirkland in 2008. A private equity specialist, Li has represented many of the industry's biggest names.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

February 21, 2012 | Law.com

Pending regulatory approval, U.K. firm Watson Farley will open a Hong Kong office with corporate partner Loretta Lau from Goodwin Procter. Lau will be joined by asset finance partner Madeline Leong, who will relocate from Watson Farley's Singapore office. The 321-lawyer firm's other Asia offices are in Singapore and Bangkok.

By Jessica Seah

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