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FFW's Abell brings in Herbert Smith for dispute over exit to Bird & Bird

Ex-Field Fisher Waterhouse intellectual property and technology head Mark Abell has turned to Herbert Smith Freehills to represent him in a partnership dispute with his former firm. Abell, who has been at Field Fisher since 1984, was suspended from the partnership at the start of the month after he announced that he was resigning to join Bird & Bird.
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High-profile Field Fisher IP and tech chief Abell set to join Bird & Bird

High-profile Field Fisher Waterhouse intellectual property and technology head Mark Abell is leaving the firm to join Bird & Bird. Abell was suspended from Field Fisher's partnership earlier today (1 February) following his announcement that he was resigning from Field Fisher to join another firm. It is not yet known when Abell will join Bird & Bird.
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Watson Farley targets German business in Asia with Ashurst hire for Bangkok base

Watson Farley & Williams has added a partner to its commercial practice in Bangkok with the hire of Ashurst intellectual property (IP) and commercial lawyer Marcus Nothhelfer. Nothhelfer, who specialises in copyright and media issues, is joining Watson Farley's office in the Thai capital in an effort to tap the German business community in Asia.
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Bakers adds partner to Tokyo IP team with Hogan Lovells hire

Baker & McKenzie has added a partner to its Japanese intellectual property (IP) practice with the hire of Kensaku Takase from Hogan Lovells. Takase, an of counsel at Hogan Lovells, joins Bakers in Tokyo, where he will concentrate on cross-border IP work, in addition to IT and e-commerce matters.
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Bond Pearce continues post-merger hires with ex-Pinsents IP chief

Bond Pearce has strengthened its commercial offering ahead of its merger with Dickinson Dees with the hire of intellectual property partner Kim Walker from Pinsents Masons. Walker joined Bond Pearce's London office shortly before the Christmas break after six years with Pinsents, where he was formerly head of the IP practice.
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Norton Rose follows up Fulbright merger with hire of A&O IP partner

Norton Rose has hired high-profile intellectual property (IP) partner Huw Evans from Allen & Overy (A&O). Evans, who joined A&O from Wragge & Co in 2009, focuses on patent litigation and cross-border disputes, and works across a range of sectors, including technology, telecoms and pharmaceuticals.
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Outsourcer CPA to launch new China and US bases following PE takeover

CPA Global is gearing up to launch new offices in mainland China and the US as part of a rapid expansion plan, following its $1.5bn (£941m) acquisition by private equity house Cinven in March. The legal services outsourcer (LSO) is set to open its first Chinese office in Shenzhen (pictured) in the coming months, with another office launch in Silicon Valley also planned to go live in January.
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UK duo act as Japan pharma co takes GSK-Pfizer JV stake

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May are among a line-up of top law firms advising on Japanese pharma group Shionogi's purchase of a 10% stake in Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) joint venture ViiV Healthcare.
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A&O takes on top patent litigator with hire of Field Fisher Germany head

Allen & Overy (A&O) has secured a key European litigation hire with the addition of Field Fisher Waterhouse's Germany managing partner Joachim Feldges, less than two years after he joined the firm from Howrey. Feldges, who heads up Field Fisher's offices in Munich, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, joined the firm in January 2011 from Howrey, leading a four-partner team that transferred Howrey's Munich and Duesseldorf bases in their entirety to Field Fisher.
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US firm Kilpatrick Townsend opens in Shanghai

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has opened an office in Shanghai in response to China's growing intellectual property (IP) market. The US firm has launched in Zhang Jiang High-Tech Park with IP partner Kenneth Chang and associate Charles Gray, both of whom have relocated to China from Kilpatrick's Denver office.
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