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Squire Sanders set for Australia with 'majority' of Minter's Perth office

Squire Sanders Hammonds is set to launch in Australia with the acquisition of the majority of Minter Ellison's Perth office. The transatlantic firm is currently finalising discussions with a group of partners from Minter Ellison's Perth base, with 15 of the office's 19 partners understood to be in talks over a move after four decided to stay with the Australian firm.
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Barclays opens tender for Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific panel

Barclays is launching the second phase of its global panel review, with the bank this week to send out a tender document to law firms across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The review, which is being led by Barclays Capital EMEA general counsel Erica Handling and Barclays deputy group GC Michael Shaw, comes just over a month after Barclays concluded a three-month review of its roster of external advisers in the US and UK.
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The great game – can British firms retain their upper hand in Hong Kong?

Though Hong Kong formally reverted to Chinese rule 14 years ago, it often feels as if the British are still in charge. Place names like Victoria Peak and Queen's Road remain unchanged and expatriates from Essex and Kent continue to throng the bars of Lan Kwai Fong. Pub favourites are as easily available as dim sum.
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Firms line up on Hong Kong group's £4.7bn Northumbrian Water takeover

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst have taken lead roles on the £4.7bn takeover bid for Northumbrian Water by a Hong Kong consortium. Freshfields has won the lead role for the consortium - which is led by Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) - and is fielding a London-based team headed by corporate partners Piers Prichard Jones and Edward Braham (pictured), working alongside Hong Kong corporate partner Simon Weller.
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Herbert Smith Asia managing partner leaving to join Hong Kong regulator

Herbert Smith's Asia managing partner is resigning to become chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), reports The Asian Lawyer. Ashley Alder is set to leave Herbert Smith - where he has been Asia head since 2005 - on 30 September, when he will take up the top job at the Hong Kong regulator.
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Olswang set for Singapore launch as firm targets global integration

Olswang has applied for a licence to open in Singapore as the firm heralds international integration as one of its key themes for 2011-12. The firm applied for a Singapore licence last month with a view to launching later this year, with the new base set to focus on commercial, corporate and international arbitration work.
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Slaughters and Freshfields appoint new Asia management

Slaughter and May has appointed a new Beijing office head as long-serving partner George Goulding prepares to retire after 36 years at the firm. Hong Kong corporate partner Lisa Chung is set to take up the role of Beijing head when Goulding, who has led Slaughters' Beijing arm since it opened in September 2009, steps down later this year.
2 minute read

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Bird & Bird to target international expansion and key clients in three-year plan

Bird & Bird has put international expansion and client relationships at the centre of its three-year strategic plan. The firm is earmarking Asia and the Middle East as targets for growth, with team expansion and office launches forming key parts of the plan, which will run from June 2011 to 2014.
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Australia's Mallesons in talks to tie up with China leader King & Wood

Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Chinese leader King & Wood are in talks about forming an alliance, in what would mark a significant tie-up in the Asia-Pacific market. The pair have discussed creating some sort of link or alliance, with one possibility a combination through a verein structure - as used by firms including Norton Rose - which would allow the firms to keep separate finances while centralising some functions.
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Ropes & Gray opens third base in Asia with Shanghai launch

Ropes & Gray has launched an office in Shanghai, marking the US firm's third presence in Asia. The office, which went live today (21 July), will be headed by private equity partner Arthur Mok. Prior to his move to Shanghai, Mok worked in the firm's Hong Kong and Washington DC offices.
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