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By Jessica Seah | April 16, 2024
McDermott, Will & Emery exited the Asia market in 2020, but a year later it set up in Singapore with some some highly extravagant team hires. Now, three years later, the firm has just one partner remaining in the city-state and he is dually based, splitting his time between Singapore and London. What led to McDermott undoing, asks the Asia Legal Briefing.
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By Jessica Seah | March 20, 2024
Asia is no longer cheap and the region's markets are mature enough that firms scoping out opportunities must first do their homework, and do it carefully. If they don't, they may not last, Jessica Seah writes in the Asia Legal Briefing.
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By Jessica Seah | February 22, 2024
Latham & Watkins' decision to block automatic access for its Hong Kong staff to files and documents outside of Greater China was not necessarily wrong. But the way it implemented the change was tone-deaf. The firm's sin was its failure to communicate, writes Jessica Seah in the Asia Legal Briefing.
By Christopher Niesche | February 19, 2024
Felicity Healy will move to Corrs in August while Carlie Holt will join Pinsent Masons with a team of two.
By Jessica Seah | February 1, 2024
What will the future of law firm business look like for foreign firms in China? With unprecedented market volatility, there are no bulletproof strategies, writes Asia Editor Jessica Seah in the Asia Legal Briefing. For firms that intend to dig their heels in deeper, is localization the key?
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By Jessica Seah | January 11, 2024
As veteran lawyers in Asia step away from the game, they leave behind a compelling legacy. But when an era has ended and expectations have evolved so drastically, a new generation of leaders must find their own way and do it quickly, Jessica Seah writes in the Asia Legal Briefing.
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By Jessica Seah | December 17, 2023
It's no secret that 2023 has been a disappointing year for law firms in Asia. Will 2024 look different?
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By Jessica Seah | December 4, 2023
The legal markets of Southeast Asia are filled with regional firms. Many of them show promise on their own but when they band together, they become a force to be reckoned with, writes Jessica Seah in the Asia Legal Briefing.
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By Jessica Seah | November 8, 2023
Are law firm leaders in the West out of step with their offices in Asia? With almost 50 countries so close in proximity yet so vastly distinct in a multitude of other ways, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the challenges Western-based firms face in the region, writes Jessica Seah in the Asian Legal Briefing.
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By Jessica Seah | October 26, 2023
Most of the time, we write about the professional side of the legal industry, but now and then we write about the personal. Law.com International's Jessica Seah did that this week, unexpectedly hitting a nerve among lawyers.
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