John Kang, The Asian Lawyer

February 27, 2019 | International Edition

• Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons on $900 million Australian rail project. • Mayer Brown, Shearman on $250 million Mongolian bond sale. • O'Melveny, Paul Hastings on Chinese property developer's $189 million Hong Kong listing.

By John Kang

3 minute read

February 26, 2019 | International Edition

Jerry Xia joins the Beijing-based firm after more than a decade in-house at Honeywell International Inc., most recently as deputy general counsel and chief intellectual property counsel for the Asia-Pacific.

By John Kang

2 minute read

February 25, 2019 | International Edition

ALSPs have been expanding in Asia in recent years, mostly to Hong Kong and Singapore.

By John Kang

6 minute read

February 25, 2019 | International Edition

Sungwook Cho joins the Korean firm as one of its managing partners after more than 20 years at various prosecutors' offices.

By John Kang

2 minute read

February 21, 2019 | International Edition

Chan Shun-yin joins Justin Chow & Co., which entered into an association with legacy Gordon Dadds' Hong Kong office in late 2018.

By John Kang

2 minute read

February 20, 2019 | International Edition

Renae Suttor joins the Australian firm after two stints at MinterEllison and 11 years at Clifford Chance in London.

By John Kang

2 minute read

February 20, 2019 | International Edition

India's largest law firm will select three to four legal tech startups in July for its incubator, Prarambh.

By John Kang

3 minute read

February 19, 2019 | International Edition

Maria Sit joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she was counsel. The hire comes a few months after Dechert lost a three-lawyer disputes team to Big Four accounting firm EY's Hong Kong member law firm.

By John Kang

2 minute read

February 19, 2019 | International Edition

Nigel Francis joins local firm YTL, where he is reunited with former Addleshaw Goddard associate James Yeung, who is now a partner and disputes head of YTL.

By John Kang

3 minute read

February 18, 2019 | International Edition

Korea practice head Kim Hyun-suk is leaving the firm, the latest in a string of departures from the Seoul office. Hong Kong partner Richard Lee and Seoul-based counsel Cho Bong-sang will co-lead the Korea practice.

By John Kang

4 minute read