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A&O Tokyo chief leaves for Milbank in key projects hire for US firm

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has made a key hire in Japan with the addition of Allen & Overy (A&O) Tokyo managing partner Aled Davies. Davies, who has worked in Japan for over 10 years and has considerable experience in banking, structured finance and project finance, recently resigned from A&O and is currently on sabbatical.
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K&L Gates hires White & Case corporate partner for Hong Kong office

K&L Gates has added to its Hong Kong corporate team with the hire of partner Virginia Tam from US rival White & Case. Tam, who is qualified in New York and Hong Kong, focuses on cross-border corporate mergers and acquisitions involving publicly-traded companies, mostly advising on private equity financing.
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A&O boosts Australian litigation practice with Corrs partner hire

Allen & Overy (A&O) has added to its Australian litigation practice with the hire of Corrs Chambers Westgarth (CCW) partner Mark van Brakel. Brakel, who is based in Perth as the first litigation partner in that office, specialises in advising energy and resources companies on everything from engineering, project and joint venture disputes, to contentious matters involving directors and shareholders.
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Lock down – the impact of the downturn on the recruitment market

Partnership used to be for life as a general rule – barring exceptional circumstances. This meant that any moves between law firms in a partner's career were the exception, rather than the rule. And then the world changed. The impact on major and mid-tier law firms, and by implication the outlook of their top talent, has been significant and has continued to shift in response to a range of macro and micro situational indicators. Over the past 25 years, there have been many contributory macro-economic, corporate and political factors to contend with: a technological revolution; the huge expansion of law firms into global businesses; the advent of the US firms' threat to City firms from the late 1990s onwards; and most recently, the global credit crunch.
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Hong Kong ranks third most popular destination with expat lawyers - survey

Hong Kong is the third most popular destination in the world for expatriate lawyers, according to a new report commissioned by business school ESCP Europe and recruiter Hydrogen. Some 9% of legal professionals surveyed ranked the North Asian financial hub as their preferred relocation destination, beating Australia, which was the favourite of 7%, and Canada which was number one among 6%.
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Singapore's Stamford Law hires Norton Rose funds partner

Singapore firm Stamford Law has added to its corporate team with the hire of Norton Rose funds partner Daniel Yong. Yong, who will be the first dedicated funds partner for the firm and a director in the corporate department, boosts the number of overall partners at Stamford to 16.
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Bingham launches Tokyo funds practice with seven-lawyer White & Case team

Bingham McCutchen has launched a funds practice in Tokyo with the hire of a seven-lawyer team from White & Case. Partners Christopher Wells and Tomoko Fuminaga, who headed the investment funds and regulatory team at the US rival firm, have joined the Boston-headquartered outfit this week along with five associates.
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Linklaters boosts Washington tax practice with Bingham partner duo

Linklaters has strengthened its US tax practice with the hire of a partner duo from Bingham McCutchen. David Brockway and Jasper Howard join the magic circle firm's Washington DC office with immediate effect. Brockway previously served as chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the US Congress and specialises in international tax planning. He focuses on corporate acquisitions and disposals, cross border structured finance and asset-based finance transactions.
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Sidley Austin bulks up in Singapore with Morgan Lewis & Bockius partner

Sidley Austin has taken further steps to ramp up its Singapore practice this week with the hire of Morgan Lewis Bockius M&A partner Gregory Salathé. The US firm was one of the four international outfits granted a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in the Asian city-state in February this year, allowing it to advise on local law.
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Baker & McKenzie boosts Sydney team with DLA hire

Baker & McKenzie has added to its Sydney team with the appointment of DLA Piper life sciences partner, Amanda Turnill. Turnill, who was also based in Sydney with DLA, co-chairing the firm's global life sciences group and heading the practice in Asia Pacific, joins the US firm this week.
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