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Mayer Brown heads trio of Christmas merger deals involving US law firms

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 09, 2008

Mayer Brown's merger with leading Hong Kong firm Johnson Stokes & Master was the largest of three merger deals involving US law firms to be announced over the Christmas break, in the latest moves by America's top practices to expand beyond their domestic heartland.

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DLA Piper promotes record 69 to partnership

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 07, 2008

DLA Piper has promoted a record number to its global partnership, with 69 lawyers taking up new roles, it was announced today (7 January). The promotions, which took effect from 1 January, saw 41 new partners made up across Europe and Asia plus a further 28 in the US.

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Mayer Brown in Johnson Stokes Asia merger

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 21, 2007

Mayer Brown is to merge with leading Hong Kong firm Johnson Stokes & Master. The deal, which will complete on 28 January, will dramatically increase the Anglo US firm's presence in Asia, handing it a seven-office network with more than 260 lawyers and a turnover of $160m (£80.5m).Talks between the two firms began four months ago after Johnson Stokes approached Mayer Brown. Johnson Stokes' 41 equity partners voted through the merger unanimously two days ago (26 January).Under the terms of the deal, Mayer Brown will practise as Mayer Brown JSM in Asia.

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UK firms cool on 'disappointing' Singapore plan

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 07, 2007

Plans to move forward with the long-awaited liberalisation of the Singapore legal market have been met with a lukewarm reaction from international firms operating in the jurisdiction, who say the new recommendations do not go far enough to open up the restrictive Asian market. The Singapore Government announced yesterday (6 December) that it will accept proposals made by a special committee to liberalise its legal sector, including a scheme to offer five foreign firms a license to practise local law by employing Singapore-qualified lawyers.

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Lovells becomes second City firm to target Asia IP with China trademark agency launch

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 05, 2007

Lovells has launched a domestic trademark agency in China making it the second UK firm to operate such a service.

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Halliwells and LG bag $400m Chinese AIM deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 05, 2007

Halliwells and LG have advised on one of the largest Alternative Investment Market (AIM) deals to come to market in recent months after property fund Pacific Alliance China Land raised $400m (£194m) for investment in China.

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Manx leader Cains set for '08 Singapore launch

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | November 14, 2007

Offshore heavyweight Cains is to launch a new office in Asia, it was announced today (14 November), in a move that marks an international debut for the offshore heavyweight. The Isle of Man-based commercial firm plans to launch a branch in Singapore by July 2008, with the new office serving as a hub for the whole Asia-Pacific region.

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Red alert

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | November 07, 2007

In the autumn of 2003, executives from Californian tech company UTStarcom stopped at a countryside restaurant in Vietnam to celebrate securing $30m (£14.4m) worth of telecoms contracts. A cobra was slaughtered and its heart presented to Tim Donovan, then head of global marketing. "It was still beating," recalled a former UTStarcom employee who was there. "It was probably the size, of a golf ball. He just ate it."

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Fears grow in push to open Asian markets

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | November 01, 2007

The liberalisation drives in both the India and Singapore legal markets are in danger of running out of steam, with new obstacles emerging in both jurisdictions. In Singapore international firms are braced for a disappointing outcome to the Government's long-awaited review of its joint venture (JV) model, which forces foreign firms to link up with Singapore outfits to practise local law.

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Sheppard Mullin hires two for Shanghai launch

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | November 01, 2007

US firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has opened in Shanghai with the hire of new partners Joel Lutzker and Len Sorgi. In addition, senior M&A attorney Will Chuchawat is transferring to Shanghai from the US. Lutzker and Sorgi previously practised together at Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York. The new office will be headed by David Huebner, head of the firm's China practice and international disputes chief.

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