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The latest news from the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on law firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Australia, as well as emerging markets such as South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and more.
By John Kang | September 10, 2018
India's two largest firms have been poaching from each other in recent months, with Delhi the primary battleground.
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By John Kang | Anna Zhang | September 7, 2018
In a landmark win for LGBT rights in India, a five-judge bench unanimously struck down a colonial-era law that punished gay sex with up to life in prison.
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By Gina Passarella Cipriani | September 7, 2018
Midsize firms have taken differing approaches to growing an international practice. We look at how three firms tackled the issue.
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By John Kang | September 6, 2018
Since 2013, more than a dozen international and regional law firms have opened offices in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. But now, as the country faces international condemnation over the Rohingya crisis and the jailing of journalists, momentum is moving in the other direction.
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By John Kang | September 6, 2018
Corporate lawyer James Beckley returns to Gadens, which he first joined in 2012, after stints at Big Four auditors EY and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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By John Kang | September 5, 2018
David Hall-Jones has retired from the firm, which has seen a spate of departures from its Asian offices. The firm has not named a replacement.
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By John Kang | Anna Zhang | September 5, 2018
• Paul Hastings, Kirkland act on $700 million spin-off of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International's tourism and hotels unit. • Wilson Sonsini, Davis Polk on China Biologic's $590 million share sale. • Norton Rose, Ashurst on Korean steel giant's $280 million acquisition of lithium mining rights in Argentina.
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By John Kang | September 4, 2018
Singapore-based corporate partner Karun Cariappa and Hong Kong-based investment management partner Helen Fok have joined Morgan Lewis from the U.K.-based firm.
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By John Kang | September 3, 2018
The legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner base in Beijing and Bryan Cave office in Shanghai are expected to officially become part of BCLP in four-to-six weeks.
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By Anna Zhang | September 3, 2018
Former senior partner Elaine Lo and five more ex-Mayer Brown JSM lawyers have formed L&C Legal, a local firm that's expected to become the Chinese firm's Hong Kong office in early 2019.
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