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Latham & Watkins opens Beijing office
| Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Latham & Watkins has opened an office in Beijing, its fifth office in Asia and third in Greater China. The firm had to wait three years before...
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ANALYSIS: US mid-tier scales Great Wall
| Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Just because you’re a mid-tier US firm doesn’t mean you have to limit yourself to mid-cap clients. Not here in China anyway. ALB China investigates
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Winston & Strawn follows Obama to China
| Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Winston & Strawn has launched two separate offices in Beijing and Shanghai, after opening an office in Hong Kong late last year.
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Firm financials: a weighty issue
| Monday, 31 August 2009
It comes as no surprise that many law firms around the world have seen their coffers shrinking. Surprises however, did come for some.
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Beijing 2009 北京法律市场09年度报告
| Wednesday, 4 March 2009
In the context of the global financial crisis and the Olympics aftermath, the legal industry in the country's capital city is inevitably affected. But Beijing's legal fraternity believes that the legal services market will remain vibrant and prosperous.
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Baker and McKenzie to cut jobs in London
| Friday, 30 January 2009
Baker & McKenzie are the latest in a long list of international firms to announce redundancies. The firm has confirmed lay-offs in 20 legal positions in London, including both associates and paralegals.
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Ex-Heller Asia partners: where are they now?
| Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Since century-old US firm Heller Ehrman dissolved last September, most of the partners and counsel in the firm’s Asia practice group have been snapped up by new entrants keen to expand their offices in the region.
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Pro bono popularity holds steady
| Thursday, 18 December 2008
Amid global economic turmoil and dwindling workflows, US lawyers are showing good spirit and using their spare time to do more pro bono work.
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Dechert scoops ex-Heller, Fried Frank partners
| Monday, 3 November 2008
Dechert has expanded its Hong Kong office with the capture of partners Michael Hickman and Liang Tsui from Fried Frank, and David Chu from dissolved firm Heller Ehrman.
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Dechert goes out on a limb
| Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Dechert has announced that private equity and hedge funds specialist Angelyn Lim will join the firm as a partner in its Hong Kong office. Lim, whose appointment will bring the number of fee earners in the firm's Hong Kong office to 10, was previously at Herbert Smith and Stephenson Harwood & Lo.
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Dechert gets new Beijing head from DLA Piper
| Wednesday, 17 September 2008
US firm Dechert has netted Henry Wang as managing partner of its newly-opened Beijing office to bridge the legal and cultural gaps between the East and West.
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Ashurst swings Dechert’s Islamic finance star
| Monday, 25 August 2008
Islamic finance expert Abradat Kamalpour’s departure from Dechert to Ashurst in London is intended to consolidate Ashurst’s Euro-Middle East Islamic finance practice and may dent Dechert’s firm grip in this area.
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US law firms continue Chinese expansion
| Friday, 15 August 2008
US firm Dechert has been granted a licence to open an office in Beijing, its first in mainland China. Earlier this year, the firm entered Hong Kong in a joint venture with local firm Hwang & Co, a move described as “strategically imperative” by Dechert partner and Hwang & Co managing partner Basil Hwang.
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Bryan Cave goes French
| Thursday, 10 July 2008
Speaking of growth, it's another new office for Bryan Cave. The firm is following up its recent launches in Milan, Hamburg and San Francisco with a Paris operation.
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Chinese trademark filings increase
| Thursday, 1 May 2008
For the seventh straight year, China-based companies have increased the number of new filings for trademarks in the US.
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Private equity: China's direct investment silver lining
| Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Recent PRC regulatory measures designed to curb investment inflows from offshore may have discouraged some bigger private equity deals, but private equity lawyers say investors continue to find China attractive - as they return to the old days of direct onshore investment
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Hong Kong: Dechert aligns with Hong Kong ally
| Monday, 17 March 2008
International law firm Dechert has joined the race to China by recruiting private equity and venture capitalfocused Basil Hwang to manage a newly opened Hong Kong office.
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Dechert aligns with Hong Kong ally
| Tuesday, 29 January 2008
International law firm Dechert has joined the race to China by recruiting private equity and venture capital-focused Basil Hwang to manage a newly opened Hong Kong office.
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How firms manage
| Monday, 1 December 2003
Few lawyers these days would argue with the proposition that the practice of law is not only a profession but a business as well.
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