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Herbert Smith capital markets partner exits to join US firm in Hong Kong

Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has hired Herbert Smith's Asia head of US capital markets John Moore for its Hong Kong office. Moore is set to join the US firm's local corporate and capital markets practice in the autumn after six years at Herbert Smith. It has not yet been decided who will take over from Moore as practice head.
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Old and new clash as Korean law students protest over proposed shake-up of old order

The annual opening ceremony for Korea's Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) is usually a time for pride. 
To enter the institute's mandatory two-year course and become a Korean lawyer, trainees must first have passed one of the world's toughest Bar exams. Only around one in 10 test-takers succeed. But at this year's ceremony, held in March, pride was supplanted by protest. More than half of the starting class of 947 boycotted the event.
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Reed Smith signs up Dorsey partner to lead Shanghai launch

Reed Smith has launched a presence in Shanghai with the hire of corporate partner Jay Yan, the former regional managing partner for US firm Dorsey & Whitney. Reed Smith, which already has two Asian bases in Hong Kong and Beijing, will launch in Shanghai with immediate effect, having recently received a licence to open on the ground.
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Linklaters adds MoFo partner in shake-up of China management

Linklaters has shaken up its China practice with the appointment of new management and the hire of a partner from Morrison & Foerster (MoFo). MoFo corporate partner Tien-yo Chao, who is set to join Linklaters in August, will split his time between Hong Kong and Beijing. He has a particular focus on M&A and equity capital markets, and before joining MoFo in 2003 was a partner at Slaughter and May.
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Mayer Brown expands in Asia with Singapore office launch

Mayer Brown is launching in Singapore with the relocation of Hong Kong projects partner Kevin Owen to head up the new office. The new base will be Mayer Brown's eighth presence in Asia following its 2008 tie-up with Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM). Mayer Brown JSM already operates offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Min City, Hanoi and Bangkok. The Singpore base will focus initially on asset finance, project finance, energy and international arbitration.
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Top London sets size up initiative to allow QCs to practise in Singapore

UK Queen's Counsel (QCs) could be granted advocacy rights in Singapore for the first time in more than a decade as a result of a consultation by the country's Ministry of Law. The consultation, issued last month in response to growing numbers of commercial disputes in the country and a shortage of litigation lawyers, proposes granting a handful of licences to foreign lawyers such as QCs or senior counsel from Australia or Hong Kong.
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Eversheds signs up MoFo's China TMT chief for Hong Kong base

Eversheds has boosted its Hong Kong office with the hire of Morrison & Foerster's China technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) head Nigel Stamp. Stamp joined Eversheds this week as a partner, and has been handed a brief to expand the firm's TMT practice in the region.
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Ashurst sets sights on strategic Australia deal

Ashurst has become the latest UK practice to set its sights on the Australian legal market, with the City law firm currently assessing its options in the strategically important jurisdiction. Internal sources have cited the most ambitious option as pursuing a tie-up with leading Australian law firm Blake Dawson, with which Ashurst has held exploratory discussions.
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Chinese firms enter London legal market to warm reception as expansion tops agenda

In a meeting room on the 40th floor of a Beijing office tower, Rupert Li, International managing partner of the Chinese firm King & Wood, contemplates a trip to London. Li, who joined the Chinese giant from Clifford Chance in 2010, notes that his visits to the UK have now taken on a more pleasant hue as local firms, which formerly considered him a competitor, now give him a warm reception.
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Holman adds partners across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney in Asia push

Holman Fenwick Willan is set to bulk up its Asia practice with a number of hires and relocations as the firm's focus on the region increases. Ex-Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Jonathan Moult is joining the firm's Hong Kong office in September, while shipping and transport partner David Coogans, formerly of Reed Smith Richards Butler in Hong Kong, is set to join Holman's Sydney base in July.
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