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Milbank set for China management shakeup as senior partners exit

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has appointed new leadership in China as two of its longest-serving regional heads prepare to exit the firm. Anthony Root, the head of the US firm's Asian corporate practice and Greater China offices, will retire at the end of May, while securities partner Edward Sun, the chief representative of the firm's Beijing base, will leave before the end of the year.
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Wong Partnership appoints new joint managing partners

Singapore's Wong Partnership has overhauled its management structure with the appointment of corporate partners Rachel Eng and Ng Wai King as joint managing partners of the firm with effect from 1 April 2013. As part of the executive committee (exco), which has seven members and is chaired by senior partner Alvin Yeo, Eng and Ng will be responsible for helping drive the firm's expansion in Asia.
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Bird & Bird hires Virgin counsel to head aviation practice in Asia

Bird & Bird has appointed a former Virgin Atlantic counsel as a partner to head its aviation practice in Asia. Leo Fattorini is based in the UK firm's Singapore office, and is the first dedicated aviation partner in the region. While at Virgin, Fattorini oversaw all aircraft finance and leasing matters, and managed relationships with aircraft and engine manufacturers, lessors and overhaul suppliers.
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Sidley launches Asia energy practice with Simmons partner hire

Sidley Austin has taken steps to grow its energy practice in Asia with the hire of Simmons & Simmons partner Tom Deegan in Hong Kong. Deegan, who has 20 years' corporate experience but specialises in energy and natural resources, will be the firm's first energy-focused lawyer in the region, expected to focus on cross border deals from India, China, Japan and the US.
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CC and Linklaters advise China Minmetals on Hong Kong bond issue

UK magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have advised on the CNY2.5bn (£262m) bond issuance of China Minmetals Corporation. The state-owned enterprise completed its sale of the three-year dim sum bonds at 3.65% at the end of last month, making it the fourth company to issue RMB bonds in Hong Kong since the rules regarding off-shore yuan bond issuance were changed last year.
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Orrick recruits White & Case partner for Tokyo IP practice

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added to its intellectual property team in Tokyo with the hire of IP litigation partner David Case from White & Case. As head of Japan and Northern Asia IP and commercial litigation practices at his previous firm, Case has a wealth of experience advising Japanese clients in litigation and arbitration involving IP rights.
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KWM strengthens Sydney tax team with Bakers partner hire

King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its tax team in Sydney with the appointment of Baker & McKenzie partner Tim Sherman. Sherman, who left Mallesons in 2009 to join Bakers in the Australian city, re-joins his previous firm on 1 July 2013 in a bid to strengthen the firm's regional tax offering. Focusing on income tax, Sherman has a wealth of experience providing taxation-related advice for corporate acquisitions, divestments and restructurings, capital raisings, onshore and offshore funds, and executive and employee share and option schemes.
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Asia Client Satisfaction Report 2012

Western lawyers could learn a thing or two from their Asia counterparts. When it comes to billing practices and service delivery, Asian general counsel (GC) rate their external law firms more highly than GCs in the West. And although there is obviously a degree of variation between countries and firms, external advisers to Asian in-house counsel are seemingly better at delivering legal advice than those firms servicing GCs in Europe and elsewhere.
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Client Satisfaction Report Asia

Global law firms are much more highly regarded in Asia-Pacific than in the West, writes Des Cahill as he goes through the results of the inaugural Asia Client Satisfaction Report
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Aiming high – Slater & Gordon's plans to conquer the UK consumer legal market

Andrew Grech, the managing director of publicly listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon (S&G), has pledged to take full advantage of the UK's legal market reforms to make S&G's recently acquired UK arm the leading consumer law brand. S&G signalled its intention to break into the UK legal market in January 2012, when it announced its acquisition of UK personal injury specialists Russell Jones & Walker (RJW) for £53.8m.
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