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Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong An ex Shearman associate, Wanda Woo comes back to the firm from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she was a capital markets partner, Shearman said in a statement.(ALB, Mar 1) Tarala joins Baker McKenzie weeks after the firm hired …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong Withers has boosted its litigation and international arbitration practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two lawyers from Bird & Bird, including partner Michael Chik. ( ALB, 9 Sep 2021 ) Singapore Michael D. Rackham, a former …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong Offshore law firm Walkers has added Tom Pugh as a partner in Hong Kong from Mayer Brown. Having spent nearly 15 years in Hong Kong, Pugh handles large-scale cross-border liquidations and restructuring matters, and advises insolvency practitioners, creditors …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong Withers has added commercial litigator Joseph Chu as a partner in Hong Kong from Simmons & Simmons. With more than two decades of experience in Greater China, Chu is an expert in cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration, regulatory …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong Latham & Watkins has hired capital markets specialist Richard Lee as a partner in Seoul from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance. Lee had been co-head of Clifford Chance’s Korea practice since 2019. The Magic Circle firm, …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong   King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has strengthened its capital markets practice in Hong Kong with the addition of Corey Zhang as a partner from Clifford Chance. ( ALB, Jul 7 )   Jingtian & Gongcheng has hired …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong U.S. law firm K&L Gates has hired Eugene Yeung, who focuses on aviation finance and restructuring and insolvency, as a partner in Hong Kong from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he was a counsel. ( ALB, May 25 …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore.   Hong Kong Commercial litigation expert Richard Wilmot has joined local firm Tanner De Witt as consultant, while energy specialist Marco Pocci has moved to MB Kemp’s newly opened office in London.  Following these exits, Stephenson Harwood now has 22 partners …