Jessica Seah
Jessica Seah is Law.com International's Asia Editor. She writes about lawyers and legal issues in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. Her coverage includes the business of law, global and domestic law firms, legal tech, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues. She can be reached at [email protected].
June 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Jun He Decides There's No Place Like HomeForget international mergers or overseas offices. Leading Chinese law firm Jun He sees plenty of room for expansion on its own turf.
By Jessica Seah
13 minute read
May 05, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Latham & Watkins Corporate Partner Joins OrrickWilliam Woo's move to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe follows the firm's February hire of Jeffrey Sun Jie from the same firm. Woo was part of a large Allen & Overy team that joined Latham & Watkins in 2009.
By Jessica Seah
2 minute read
June 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Davis Polk, Haiwen Advise Baidu on Travel Web Site BuyoutDavis Polk & Wardwell and Haiwen & Partners are advising Chinese search engine Baidu, Inc., on its $360 million acquisition of a majority stake in online travel agent and search engine Qunar.
By Jessica Seah
3 minute read
May 03, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Milbank Builds India Practice With Cleary Gottlieb HireFormer Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton lawyer Sanjeet Malik will help build Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy's India practice from the firm's Hong Kong office.
By Jessica Seah
1 minute read
September 02, 2011 | Law.com
Weil Relocates N.Y. Partner to Head Asia Finance PracticeWeil has relocated New York partner Soo-Jin Shim to take charge of its Asia finance practice in Hong Kong. A banking and finance specialist who also handles bankruptcy-related corporate transactions and M&A, Shim was part of the team that in March advised Citadel Broadcasting on its $2.5 billion merger with Cumulus Media.
By Jessica Seah
1 minute read
July 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Blank Rome Bulks Up New Shanghai Office With Pillsbury HireBlank Rome has made its first lateral hire for its newly established Shanghai office, taking on partner Scott Kline from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
By Jessica Seah
1 minute read
August 10, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Linklaters, Jones Day Advise on China-Argentina Bank DealThe firms are advising on Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd.'s $600 million acquisition of a majority stake in the Argentine operations of South Africa's Standard Bank Group.
By Jessica Seah
2 minute read
March 24, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Colin Ng & Partners Leads on Malaysian Bank's $300 Million Dollar Bond IssueHong Leong Bank's $300 million float is the first time a Malaysian bank has issued a dollar-denominated bond.
By Jessica Seah
2 minute read
October 06, 2011 | The American Lawyer
DLA Taps Norton Rose Australia for Asia Restructuring HeadTroy Doyle, who is presently a special counsel in Norton Rose's Sydney office, is relocating to DLA Piper's Singapore office as a partner. He will head up the firm's restructuring and distressed acquisitions practice for Asia.
By Jessica Seah
1 minute read
August 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Blake Dawson Hires Sydney Antitrust PartnerGilbert + Tobin partner Liza Carver is to join Blake Dawson's national competition and consumer protection practice in Sydney. She will be the firm's eighth competition partner.
By Jessica Seah
1 minute read
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