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Dechert Adds Litigation Partner in Hong Kong From Davis Polk

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.
2 minute read

International Edition

Former Addleshaws Asia Head Joins Hong Kong Firm YTL

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.
3 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance Seoul Managing Partner Leaves Firm

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.
4 minute read

International Edition

Arnold & Porter to Open Seoul Office

The office is led by litigation partner James Lee, who joined in December from White & Case's Seoul office, which he helped launch in 2015.
3 minute read

International Edition

2 Australian Firms Hire New Partners From DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard

Former DLA Piper partner Kathy Dalton joins employment law specialist firm Workdynamic Australia in Melbourne and former Addleshaw Goddard Oman legal director Andrew Johnston returns to Australia to join Sparke Helmore.
2 minute read

Law.com

There Isn't Going to be an Elite Transatlantic Law Firm Merger

Why? Because US firms don't need one, and UK firms can't afford one
5 minute read

International Edition

UK's Withers Expands in Los Angeles With 3 New Hires

U.K.-based Withers, which launched its California practice in 2015, continues its expansion on the West Coast, adding three lawyers from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.
3 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst Expands Asia-Pacific Corporate Practice With Singapore Partner From Sidley

Waltter Kulvik joins Ashurst from Sidley Austin, where he was a counsel. He is the Anglo-Australian firm's fourth partner-level hire in its Asia-Pacific corporate practice so far this year.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jones Day Adds Pittsburgh Partner Pair From Morgan Lewis, Reed Smith

The Cleveland-born global firm now has about 70 lawyers in Pittsburgh, giving it a larger presence there than all but a handful of Am Law 200 firms.
4 minute read

International Edition

Norton Rose Recruits Debt Capital Markets Partner in Hong Kong From Davis Polk

Margie Chan joins the global legal giant after more than a decade at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Hong Kong, most recently as counsel.
2 minute read

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