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Jones Day hires hand Gibson Dunn Singapore debut

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has launched an office in Singapore after hiring a three-partner team from rival US firm Jones Day. Gibson Dunn corporate partner Jai Pathak has moved from the firm's Los Angeles headquarters to lead the new branch, where he will be joined by three new partners.
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Dorsey eyes Sydney launch to buoy Asia push

Dorsey & Whitney plans to open an office in Sydney later this year, with London-based capital markets partner John Chrisman set to transfer to Australia to head up the new branch. According to the US firm, the office will be staffed by a handful of US capital markets lawyers and will provide an additional base for serving clients in Asian markets, including India and the Greater China region.
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Thomson Reuters takes on new GC for EMEA

Thomson Reuters has named a new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with Daragh Fagan taking on the role. The company has also reshuffled the rest of its legal team, following its merger last year, with the legal team broken into distinct business units with separate general counsel. Fagan, who joined the company last September from Italian oil and gas giant ENI, also covers UK corporate governance. Fagan said the company will review its network of external legal advisers either this year or next.
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Hong Kong begins competition law review

Hong Kong is set to introduce cross-border competition laws, with the government last week (6 May) kicking off a three-month consultation process. The consultation, the second on the subject, is set to end on 5 August, with the government then planning to introduce a competition bill during the 2008-09 legislative session.
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Uria signs up to Chinese lawyer training scheme

Uria Menendez has signed an agreement with the All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA) to send Chinese lawyers on a training programme at the firm's offices in Europe and Latin America. This agreement is the first of its kind involving the ACLA and will see Chinese lawyers seconded to Uria to learn about international business law and European Union law. The ACLA is the local equivalent of the Law Society of England & Wales.
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Ropes & Gray opens Hong Kong office

Ropes & Gray has opened an office in Hong Kong - its third new office in eight months and its second in Asia. The new office will be headed by debt and private equity finance partner Alison Bomberg alongside Scott Jalowayski, a cross-border M&A and leveraged buy-out specialist. Jalowayski recently joined the firm from West Coast firm Morrison & Foerster. Ropes becomes the second Boston-based firm to open in Hong Kong alongside Bingham McCutchen, which launched an office there in January 2007.
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K&L Gates adds in Asia with latest merger

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis (K&L Gates) has bolstered its presence in Asia by merging with nine-lawyer local firm J&J Attorneys-at-law. The lawyers will become part of K&L Gates' Taipei office, creating a team with more than 25 legal professionals.
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Indian Bar to visit UK for reform talks as long-running foreign firm dispute delayed

The Bar Council of India is set to visit the UK later this month, as the longstanding talks about opening up the country's legal market to foreign law firms continue. The news comes as it emerges that a crucial court case, scheduled to take place at the end of last month, has been pushed back until the summer.
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Norton Rose sends team to Hong Kong

Norton Rose has moved to build up its Hong Kong competition practice with the relocation of a seven-member team from the firm's Brussels and London offices. The team will work with Hong Kong competition partner Marc Waha to advise clients in the region on international regulatory issues. Competition head Martin Coleman said: "We wanted to offer a practice that can provide joined-up global compliance to clients. This meant we needed a team in Asia."
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UK firms eye Singapore opportunities as local-law licences go up for grabs

A raft of City firms are hoping to expand their presence in Singapore by applying for licences to practise local law in the country. Legal Week has learned that DLA Piper, Lovells, Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are all planning to apply for licences to provide local-law advice in Singapore. However, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have told Legal Week they have no plans to do so, while Clifford Chance (CC) is intending to hold off making a decision until it sees further details from the Singapore Government.
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