In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong / China
U.S. law firm Ropes & Gray has welcomed private equity expert Richard Perks as a partner in its private equity practice in Hong Kong from Freshfields, where he had spent the entirety of his two-decade-long legal career. (ALB, 5 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has grown its corporate offering in Hong Kong with the hire of Yang Chu as a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. (ALB, 6 May 2025)
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced a significant expansion of its Hong Kong practice with the hire of four partners from rival firms DLA Piper and Stephenson Harwood. (ALB, 7 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired restructuring expert Daniel Margulies as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Dechert, which shuttered its office in the Chinese city last year. (ALB, 15 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Reed Smith has welcomed two new corporate finance partners across its Asian offices from A&O Shearman. Tim Beech was joint managing partner of the latter firm’s Singapore office, while Regina Lui was an of counsel in Hong Kong. (ALB, 19 May 2025)
Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams has expanded its technology, media and telecommunications offering with the hire of Paul Haswell as a partner from U.S. law firm K&L Gates. (ALB, 22 May 2025)
The PRC’s Zhong Lun Law Firm has added three new M&A partners to its Hong Kong office, after bringing on board former Kirkland & Ellis partners Stacey Shen and Min Lu, and Ropes & Gray counsel Wang Boxin. (ALB, 25 May 2025)
Singapore
UK-headquartered law firm HFW has strengthened its APAC disputes offering with the hires of partner Shaun Leong and senior associate Theodore Ang from Withers in Singapore. (ALB, 2 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Sidley Austin has hired infrastructure M&A specialist Alun Evans from A&O Shearman as partner in its Singapore office, bolstering its energy and infrastructure practice in the Asia-Pacific region. (ALB, 6 May 2025)
International law firm Bird & Bird has welcomed corporate lawyer Shahin Foroughian as a partner in Singapore from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a counsel. (ALB, 7 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has expanded its Singapore office with the hire of energy and infrastructure specialist Adam Moncrieff as a partner from A&O Shearman. Moncrieff will relocate to Singapore from Vietnam. (ALB, 8 May 2025)
UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed construction and commercial disputes lawyer Danna Er as partner in its Singapore office from construction-focused Singapore law firm Eldan Law. (ALB, 14 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Reed Smith has welcomed two new corporate finance partners across its Asian offices from A&O Shearman. Tim Beech was joint managing partner of the latter firm’s Singapore office, while Regina Lui was an of counsel in Hong Kong. (ALB, 19 May 2025)
Singapore disputes and advisory boutique Sreenivasan Chambers has continued its expansion with the addition of new director Palaniappan Sundararaj, who leaves K&L Gates Straits Law after over 30 years at the firm. (ALB, 21 May 2025)
UK law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has continued to expand its Singapore office with the addition of banking and finance partner Zhi Chao Chor from Big Four firm WongPartnership. (ALB, 27 May 2025)
Latest Moves (30 May 2025)
In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong / China
U.S. law firm Ropes & Gray has welcomed private equity expert Richard Perks as a partner in its private equity practice in Hong Kong from Freshfields, where he had spent the entirety of his two-decade-long legal career. (ALB, 5 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has grown its corporate offering in Hong Kong with the hire of Yang Chu as a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. (ALB, 6 May 2025)
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced a significant expansion of its Hong Kong practice with the hire of four partners from rival firms DLA Piper and Stephenson Harwood. (ALB, 7 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired restructuring expert Daniel Margulies as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Dechert, which shuttered its office in the Chinese city last year. (ALB, 15 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Reed Smith has welcomed two new corporate finance partners across its Asian offices from A&O Shearman. Tim Beech was joint managing partner of the latter firm’s Singapore office, while Regina Lui was an of counsel in Hong Kong. (ALB, 19 May 2025)
Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams has expanded its technology, media and telecommunications offering with the hire of Paul Haswell as a partner from U.S. law firm K&L Gates. (ALB, 22 May 2025)
The PRC’s Zhong Lun Law Firm has added three new M&A partners to its Hong Kong office, after bringing on board former Kirkland & Ellis partners Stacey Shen and Min Lu, and Ropes & Gray counsel Wang Boxin. (ALB, 25 May 2025)
Singapore
UK-headquartered law firm HFW has strengthened its APAC disputes offering with the hires of partner Shaun Leong and senior associate Theodore Ang from Withers in Singapore. (ALB, 2 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Sidley Austin has hired infrastructure M&A specialist Alun Evans from A&O Shearman as partner in its Singapore office, bolstering its energy and infrastructure practice in the Asia-Pacific region. (ALB, 6 May 2025)
International law firm Bird & Bird has welcomed corporate lawyer Shahin Foroughian as a partner in Singapore from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a counsel. (ALB, 7 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has expanded its Singapore office with the hire of energy and infrastructure specialist Adam Moncrieff as a partner from A&O Shearman. Moncrieff will relocate to Singapore from Vietnam. (ALB, 8 May 2025)
UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed construction and commercial disputes lawyer Danna Er as partner in its Singapore office from construction-focused Singapore law firm Eldan Law. (ALB, 14 May 2025)
U.S. law firm Reed Smith has welcomed two new corporate finance partners across its Asian offices from A&O Shearman. Tim Beech was joint managing partner of the latter firm’s Singapore office, while Regina Lui was an of counsel in Hong Kong. (ALB, 19 May 2025)
Singapore disputes and advisory boutique Sreenivasan Chambers has continued its expansion with the addition of new director Palaniappan Sundararaj, who leaves K&L Gates Straits Law after over 30 years at the firm. (ALB, 21 May 2025)
UK law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has continued to expand its Singapore office with the addition of banking and finance partner Zhi Chao Chor from Big Four firm WongPartnership. (ALB, 27 May 2025)