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DLA makes A&O corporate hire in Bangkok

DLA Piper has bulked up its capabilities in Thailand with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate consultant Tim Dobson. Dobson has joined DLA's corporate group in Bangkok as a senior consultant, where he will work alongside the firm's three resident partners in the region. He has been based in Thailand with A&O since 2001 and leaves five partners in the office there.
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Australia's Allens Arthur Robinson sets up Japanese alliance

Australia's Allens Arthur Robinson has set up a formal alliance with Japanese firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (NO&T) to bolster its presence in the region. The alliance will go live tomorrow and will see each of the firms' permanently hosting seconded lawyers to spend a period of time in each others offices.
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India Bar reaffirms opposition to foreign firm liberalisation

The hopes of international law firms of gaining entry to India have suffered another setback after the local justice ministry officially stated that India's national bar had "decided not to permit foreign lawyers into India".
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Norton Rose and leading indys act on China/Brazil financing

Norton Rose has advised on a $.1.2bn (£758m) trade loan from the Export-Import Bank of China and the Bank of China in a deal that underlines the growing trade links between Asia and Brazil.
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Number of US lawyers applying to practice HK law quadruples in two years

The number of US lawyers applying to practice local law in Hong Kong has quadrupled over the past two years as the region becomes a hot spot for companies listing on its stock exchange. Figures from the Hong Kong Law Society show that 64 US lawyers took the Hong Kong overseas lawyers qualification examination (QLQE) exam last year compared to 14 in 2008, and the trend looks set to continue with an estimated 65 having taken the exam so far in 2010.
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Leading Singapore firm names sole managing partner as co-chief takes government role

Singapore firm Rajah & Tann's co-managing partner Sundaresh Menon has been appointed as the new Attorney-General of Singapore. Menon is set to take up the position in October this year, at which point fellow co-managing partner Lee Eng Beng will become the sole head of the firm. Eng Beng and Menon have been joint managing partners since February 2010, prior to which Eng Beng was deputy managing partner.
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Withers transfers City lawyer to Hong Kong to head up litigation practice

Withers has relocated City lawyer Patrick Hamlin to Hong Kong to head up its litigation practice, as the firm gears up to start offering local law in the new year. Hamlin joined the Hong Kong base last month as the office approaches the completion of its third year since its 2008 launch. Under local guidelines, foreign firms have to be in the region for three years before they can start practising local law.
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Nabarro to open second international base with Singapore launch

Nabarro is set to launch in Singapore later this year, marking the firm's second office outside of the UK. The firm was granted a licence to practise in the region last week and will relocate construction partner Emerson Holmes to head up the office, which is due to open for business in November.
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CC recruits capital markets partner to advise on local law in Singapore

Clifford Chance (CC) has bolstered its Singapore office with the hire of a capital markets partner from Wong Partnership. Raymond Tong will be the first capital markets lawyer practising Singapore law in the office following the approval of the firm's local licence last year. CC previously had a joint venture with Wong Partnership that ended when the firm received its own licence in May 2009.
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Paul Hastings hires former Goldman MD for Hong Kong push

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has hired a former Goldman Sachs managing director as a partner in its Hong Kong office. Steve Winegar worked at the bulge bracket bank for 12 years, originally in New York, and since 2005 led the legal coverage team for investment banking, capital markets and principal investment in Asia ex-Japan.
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