Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.
HONG KONG
Karas LLP in association with Mishcon de Reya announces new Partner and team expansion in Hong Kong(Karas LLP, Jan 17)
London-headquartered Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has hired family law specialist Lisa Wong as a partner in Hong Kong from local boutique Boase Cohen & Collins. (ALB, Jan 11)
M.B. KEMP LLP, a NewLaw international law firm which opened its first office in Hong Kong in September 2020, welcomes corporate partner Anthony Chan to its Hong Kong office.(Linkedin Kemp LLP, Jan)
Withers has hired aviation specialist Paul Jebely (L) and hotels and hospitality expert Koh Tien Gui as partners in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively.(ALB, Jan 12)
Hong Kong’s LC Lawyers, a member of the EY global network, has hired corporate finance expert Li Fai as a partner from PRC firm Jingtian & Gongcheng.(ALB, Jan 13)
Betty Yap, the head of Linklaters’ China practice from 2012 to 2016, has returned to the firm from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she held a similar role.(ALB, Jan 13)
UK firm RPC is looking to make inroads into Korea after hiring Peter Kwon as a partner in Hong Kong from Ashurst, where he was that firm’s Korea practice co-head.(ALB, 19 Jan)
Joy Lam, a former Sidley Austin Hong Kong partner specialising in blockchain and virtual assets, has joined Baker McKenzie as a registered foreign lawyer (partner equivalent).(ALB, Jan 20)
U.S. law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired TMT expert Paul Haswell as a partner in Hong Kong from Pinsent Masons, where he worked for nearly 15 years. (ALB, Jan 20)
Lewis Silkin is greatly boosted by Jezamine Fewins who joined from Stephenson Harwood in January 2022. Fewins’ expertise cuts across employment and IP law with a focus on litigation cases. (Legal 500)
SINGAPORE
Singapore boutique Gateway Law Corporation has lured over two arbitration specialists from King & Spalding – partner Simon Dunbar and counsel Kevin Lim – as it looks to build an international disputes practice.(ALB, Jan 13)
U.S firm Cooley has boosted its capital markets practice with the hire of Tim Pitrelli as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office from Goldman Sachs, where he served as a Singapore-based executive director and senior counsel in the investment banking division.(ALB, Jan 13)
Mayer Brown has welcomed banking and finance expert Soumitro Mukerji as a partner in Singapore from Hogan Lovells.(ALB, Jan 18)
Singapore-based boutique firm Breakpoint has added KC Lye from Norton Rose Fullbright (NRF), where he was the Singapore disputes head.(ALB, Jan 19)
Linklaters has hired established an investment funds practice in Singapore with the hire of Joel Seow as a partner from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.(ALB, Jan 20)
Latest Moves in Hong Kong and Singapore ( 21 Jan 2022 )
Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.
HONG KONG
Karas LLP in association with Mishcon de Reya announces new Partner and team expansion in Hong Kong(Karas LLP, Jan 17)
London-headquartered Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has hired family law specialist Lisa Wong as a partner in Hong Kong from local boutique Boase Cohen & Collins. (ALB, Jan 11)
M.B. KEMP LLP, a NewLaw international law firm which opened its first office in Hong Kong in September 2020, welcomes corporate partner Anthony Chan to its Hong Kong office.(Linkedin Kemp LLP, Jan)
Withers has hired aviation specialist Paul Jebely (L) and hotels and hospitality expert Koh Tien Gui as partners in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively.(ALB, Jan 12)
Hong Kong’s LC Lawyers, a member of the EY global network, has hired corporate finance expert Li Fai as a partner from PRC firm Jingtian & Gongcheng.(ALB, Jan 13)
Betty Yap, the head of Linklaters’ China practice from 2012 to 2016, has returned to the firm from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she held a similar role.(ALB, Jan 13)
UK firm RPC is looking to make inroads into Korea after hiring Peter Kwon as a partner in Hong Kong from Ashurst, where he was that firm’s Korea practice co-head.(ALB, 19 Jan)
Joy Lam, a former Sidley Austin Hong Kong partner specialising in blockchain and virtual assets, has joined Baker McKenzie as a registered foreign lawyer (partner equivalent).(ALB, Jan 20)
U.S. law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired TMT expert Paul Haswell as a partner in Hong Kong from Pinsent Masons, where he worked for nearly 15 years. (ALB, Jan 20)
Lewis Silkin is greatly boosted by Jezamine Fewins who joined from Stephenson Harwood in January 2022. Fewins’ expertise cuts across employment and IP law with a focus on litigation cases. (Legal 500)
SINGAPORE
Singapore boutique Gateway Law Corporation has lured over two arbitration specialists from King & Spalding – partner Simon Dunbar and counsel Kevin Lim – as it looks to build an international disputes practice.(ALB, Jan 13)
U.S firm Cooley has boosted its capital markets practice with the hire of Tim Pitrelli as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office from Goldman Sachs, where he served as a Singapore-based executive director and senior counsel in the investment banking division.(ALB, Jan 13)
Mayer Brown has welcomed banking and finance expert Soumitro Mukerji as a partner in Singapore from Hogan Lovells.(ALB, Jan 18)
Singapore-based boutique firm Breakpoint has added KC Lye from Norton Rose Fullbright (NRF), where he was the Singapore disputes head.(ALB, Jan 19)
Linklaters has hired established an investment funds practice in Singapore with the hire of Joel Seow as a partner from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.(ALB, Jan 20)