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].

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March 10, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Salans, Shearman on $469 Million Thai-U.K. Steel Deal

The widely-hailed deal by which Thailand's biggest steelmaker is acquiring an English plant and saving hundreds of jobs has been called "a breath of fresh air at a time of difficult news about the British economy" by U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nicholas Clegg.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

March 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

DLA Phillips Fox Loses Another Partner In Advance of Merger

Corporate partner Iain Rennie is joining 60-lawyer Sydney firm TressCox Lawyers, whose managing partner calls the move unrelated to DLA Phillips Fox's upcoming merger with alliance partner DLA Piper.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 31, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance, Paul Weiss Advise on Secondary LBO in Hong Kong

London's IK Investment Partners is buying a Hong Kong-based offshore incorporation specialist from The Carlyle Group.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

April 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Wilson Sonsini Latest U.S. Firm to Make China Corporate Hire

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has recruited corporate lawyer Kefei Li from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The hire follows similar moves by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Debevoise & Plimpton.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

March 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Ashurst Leads on $1.2 Billion Chinese Bid for Uranium Mine

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group's proposed acquisition of Kalahari Mineral plc would give it access to the world's fifth-biggest uranium deposit.

By Jessica Seah

4 minute read

March 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Latham, Deacons Advise on Property Developer's $200 Million Hong Kong IPO

Shenzhen-based Top Spring International is one of the largest IPOs so far this year in Hong Kong--but is expected to be eclipsed soon.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 14, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Freehills Partner Leaves for HWL Ebsworth

Stephen Kerr, the former head of Freehills's commercial contracting team, says that his departure is related to a changed strategy at the Australian giant in the wake of several U.K. firms' entrance into the market.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

January 24, 2011 | The American Lawyer

China's Zhong Lun Strengthens Hong Kong Presence

Beijing-based Zhong Lun Law Firm, one of China's largest firms, is stepping up its internationalization drive with a new merger in Hong Kong and plans for another in New York.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

June 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The Beijing Set: China's Low-Key Legal Elite

Three of China's top corporate law firms are keeping a low profile internationally. For Jingtian & Gongcheng, Commerce & Finance Law Offices, and Haiwen & Partners, globalization and hype just isn't their "Peking University style."

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

June 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Freshfields Loses Hong Kong Managing Partner to Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell has joined its Wall Street rivals in launching a Hong Kong law practice, with the hire of Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's managing partner, Kay Ian Ng, along with a counsel.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

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