NEXT
Will Trump Boost Quinn Emanuel's Fortunes in China?
Commentary

In the Name of Law, Who are the Real Casualties of Market Downturns? 

The market in Asia is down so firms are suffering the consequences but the real casualties are the lawyers who have been laid off.
4 minute read

Burger King Knocked Off Its Throne by Small Indian Eatery in Trademark Case

The U.S. fast-food giant lost its trademark battle in an Indian court, allowing a local restaurant to keep its Burger King crown.
3 minute read
News

Ex-Bird & Bird Partner Admits 'Sexually Motivated' Conduct, Abuse of Position

Though consensual, the Brussels-based lawyer acknowledged that his advances were not appropriate "given the power imbalance" between himself and his junior colleague.
4 minute read
News

K&L Gates Hires Real Estate Partner and Team in Sydney

Paul Lalich joins from Australian firm HWL Ebsworth.
2 minute read
News

Latham, Freshfields, Ashurst Assist Hong Kong Tycoon on Secondary London Listing and $449M Acquisition

Latham & Watkins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the secondary listing while Ashurst is advising on a $440 million wind farm purchase.
3 minute read
News

O'Melveny Capital Markets Partner Launches Own Hong Kong Practice

Edwin Kwok has been a partner at O'Melveny for more than eight years and was previously a Hong Kong partner at Paul Hastings.
2 minute read
News

Australia's Corrs Chambers Westgarth Poaches Partner Quartet from Four Firms

Hires work in insurance, tax disputes, commercial litigation, and banking and finance.
3 minute read
News

Australian Regulator Sues ASX Stock Exchange Over 'Misleading' Claims

ASIC alleges the Australian Securities Exchange misled the public about its technology project.
3 minute read
News

3 Law Firms Advise on South African Miner's $2.16B Purchase of Canadian Project, Mining Sector Faces 2 Court Challenges

A Chinese company and a group of First Nations launch mining-related challenges in Canadian courts.
5 minute read
News

Asia Pacific Moves: Pernod Ricard India's Legal Head Joins Google, Ropes & Gray Partner Joins KKR

Herbert Smith Freehills, Howse Williams, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Hamilton Locke have also added to their partner benches.
6 minute read
Features

'Let's Go for Growth': India's Cyril Amarchand, On Track to Become 2,000-Lawyer Firm, Says 'No' to Foreign Alliances and Mergers

The firm's growth has mimicked the growth trajectory of India itself, and will be ready as the country's economy continues to expand, managing partner Cyril Shroff says.
7 minute read
News

Linklaters Advises India's Bharti on $4B Stake in BT Group

Bharti is applying for U.K. National Security and Investment Act clearance, which gives the British government the power to block the deal if it is deemed a threat to national security.
2 minute read
News

7 Partners Defect from Australia's Corrs to King & Wood Mallesons

Some departing partners were demoted earlier this year.
2 minute read
Expert Opinion

India's Legal Market: The Ongoing Journey of Liberalization

In the past 18 months there has been a refocus on India with many international law firms setting up or strengthening their India practices.
4 minute read
News

Davis Polk, Karas So Appointed on Evergrande's Liquidator Lawsuit Against PwC

It comes as liquidators also seek to claw back $6 billion from seven individuals associated with the company including its founder Hui Ka Yan.
3 minute read
Commentary

The Sorry State of US Firms in China

Some Chinese lawyers think darker days are still to come, Jessica Seah writes in a Letter from Asia.
5 minute read
News

Mishcon's Hong Kong Affiliate Karas So Instructed to Recover $6B in Evergrande Liquidation

Clifford Chance and Hong Kong firms Tanner De Witt and Karas So were initially mandated to provide legal advice on the liquidation when proceedings against China Evergrande accelerated this year following the Hong Kong High Court's decision to wind up the company.
2 minute read
Analysis

How Private Equity Backing is Helping One Firm Grow

As more firms and legal jurisdictions around the world, from Spain, to Germany and even to the U.S., consider the possibility of outside, third-party investment, Wotton + Kearney paints a picture of how such arrangements can work.
6 minute read
News

Clyde & Co Hires Managing Partner for Perth Office 

Jenny Thornton was one of Clyde & Co's founding partners in Australia.
2 minute read
News

Latham, Vinson & Elkins, A&O Shearman Advise on $2.35B Australian Gas Deal

Australia's Woodside Energy is buying a low-carbon ammonia in Texas.
2 minute read
News

K&L Gates Singapore Managing Director Leaves to Establish Own Set

K&L Gates' former Singapore head Raja Bose has succeeded Sreenivasan Narayanan as managing director.
4 minute read

China's Fangda Launches Singapore Office with Watson Farley Hire

Ivy Liu was a partner at Watson Farley & Williams and has been based in Southeast Asia for a decade.
2 minute read
News

South Korea Enlists Arnold & Porter in Failed Bid to Overturn Arbitration Award

In its statement, Elliott Associates said that the interest on the award "continues to accrue at a rate of more than US $10,000 every day".
2 minute read
News

General Counsel Should Help Prevent Greenwashing, Australia Securities Regulator Says

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has been very focused on greenwashing and is likely to launch more prosecutions.
5 minute read
News

3 Pressing Compliance Questions as the EU AI Act Clock Starts Running

While the regulation is finalized, there is still much that needs to be ironed out.
7 minute read
News

China's Yingke Hires in Tokyo for Fourth Office Launch in 3 Months

The firm, which now has more than 16,000 lawyers, aims to have at least 100 foreign offices by 2026.
2 minute read

China's Han Kun Adds Second Partner to Singapore Outfit

Chuo Ming Leong joins from Withers KhattarWong, where he was a partner and had worked for almost a decade.
2 minute read
News

It's Here: The EU AI Act Has 'Entered Into Force'. Now What?

A number of EU AI Act provisions will come online over the next several years—with the first just months away. Yet even with a long ramp up, experts warn that compliance will be a steep challenge for organizations—and give some little time to spare.
9 minute read
Analysis

The Power of Local Knowledge: White & Case Increases Regulatory and White Collar Lawyers Globally As Demand Rises

The firm says hiring more lawyers in foreign offices for white-collar and regulatory work can add political, social and economic context to its clients' matters.
7 minute read
News

Asia Hires: NRF Affiliate Adds To Jakarta, Dorsey & Whitney Takes Partner from Dentons, HSF Appoints New China Head

TNB, Dorsey & Whitney, Withers, Jingtian & Gongcheng and Han Kun have all hired new partners.
4 minute read

Skadden and Commerce & Finance Advise on Chinese Robotaxi Firm's $100M US IPO

WeRide's debut would follow that of industry counterpart, Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd., which raised $440 million earlier this year.
3 minute read
News

Japan Streamlines Registration Process For Foreign Lawyers

The move could see an influx of lawyers from overseas after an agreement to simplify the registration process.
2 minute read
News

Malaysian Duo Sets Local Retailer Up for $500M IPO

Malaysian boutique Lee Choon Wan & Co is advising the issuer while Christoper & Lee Ong is acting for the underwriter
2 minute read
News

India's Cyril Amarchand Takes Capital Markets Team of 51 from Rival IndusLaw

The team of 51 represents all of IndusLaw's capital markets team, CAM managing partner Cyril Shroff says.
2 minute read
News

What Would a Harris Administration Offer the Asia Legal Market?

Lawyers in Asia say a Harris Administration will unlikely lift the clouds on China but may bode well for the rest of Asia.
6 minute read
Commentary

The Looming Shadow of Consolidation

Law firm strategy has never been so focused on mega scale as it is today, writes the Global Lawyer. Thanks a lot Dentons and Kirkland!
5 minute read
News

Rimon Launches Fourth Asian Office in Tokyo

The firm has spent months hiring a group of senior partners with substantial experience in the Japanese market.
2 minute read
News

Goodwin Private Equity Partner Joins Latham Singapore

Xing will be a counsel at Latham, which has just over 50 lawyers in Singapore, 17 of whom focus on private equity and investment funds advice.
1 minute read
News

Post Office Litigation Funder Subpoenaed in the US

Earlier this year, the arbitrator who awarded $15 billion to the claimants in the dispute was sentenced to six months in prison and disqualified from working as an arbitrator for one year for disobeying orders from the court.
2 minute read
News

Partners at Australia's Corrs in Talks to Join King & Wood Mallesons

Corrs says it supports their decision to explore other options
2 minute read
News

Dentons Taps Former EY Executive as New Global CEO

Former EY global vice chair Kate Barton will take the helm in November as Dentons continues to draw inspiration from Big Four accounting firms.
5 minute read
News

Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher, Freshfields Advise on Bosch's $8B Acquisition of Johnson Controls and Hitachi Assets

The all-cash transaction is the largest acquisition to date for the privately held German technology group.
2 minute read
News

Two-Tiered Partnership Structure Is Nothing New in Australia, But Not All Firms Are Fans

Law.com International spoke with several leading Australian firms about their pay structure, and several said they have had both equity and nonequity partners for decades. But some firms said they have rejected the adoption of a two-tiered partnership, believing it does not help the firm.
6 minute read
Features

Anglo American GC: 'Maybe Partners Should Make Less Money and Associates Should Make More'

In a wide-ranging interview, the mining giant's company secretary Richard Price expresses concerns about the effects of soaring associate pay and the erosion of the rule of law.
8 minute read
News

PwC M&A Partner Nick Brown Leaves for Small Australian Firm

Brown will establish a Melbourne office for Kain Legal.
2 minute read
News

Linklaters Hires Capital Markets Duo, Targets New Economy Market in China

Linklaters says it has high hopes for the pair as it looks to build on its strategy shift with an emphasis on "New Economy" deals while retaining its traditional strengths in capital markets.
5 minute read
News

Asia Deal Digest: A&G, A&O Lead on Billion Dollar JV Deals, Hong Kong IPOs Pick Up But Deal Values Remain Small

Two Singapore deals are some of the region's largest transactions in recent months. Allen & Gledhill and A&O Shearman are advising on both.
8 minute read
News

Less Is More: Baker McKenzie Australia Says It's Earning More With Fewer Partners

She credits the Australian arm's success to increased focus on performance and delivering on the firm's strategy.
4 minute read
News

CrowdStrike Outage Yields Mixed Impacts on Big Law

"I'm hearing of more West Coast latencies than on the East Coast," said one Am Law 100 executive. "It really depends where [the office] is regionally, whether they're experiencing the same symptoms even within the same firm."
5 minute read
News

Quinn Emanuel Replenishes Tokyo Partnership with Hire from Big Four Japanese Firm

The addition marks the firm's first Tokyo lateral partner hire since 2021.
2 minute read
SIGN IN TO SEE YOUR FEED
Latest
Trending

Who Got The Work

Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.

Read More

Who Got The Work

Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.

Read More

Who Got The Work

Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.

Read More

Who Got The Work

David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.

Read More

Who Got The Work

Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.

Read More

Learn More About Radar

Trending Stories

Your Compass Points

Data-driven reporting using ALM's proprietary resources

Go To Legal Compass

Understand Which Practice Areas Competitors Are Marketing Through Events

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources