In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong / China
Singapore Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann has added Michelle Li to its Shenzhen office as the new head of its international arbitration, construction and projects practices in China from Herbert Smith Freehills. (ALB, 1 Jan 2025)
PRC law firm Han Kun has bolstered its capital markets practice in Hong Kong after hiring Alex Tao as a partner from Milbank. (ALB, 6 Jan 2025)
PRC law firm Han Kun Law Offices has bolstered its corporate practice in Hong Kong after hiring seasoned M&A lawyer Melody He as a partner from Ashurst. (ALB, 8 Jan 2025)
Global law firm Ashurst has strengthened its Hong Kong investment funds and asset management practice by hiring James Ford, a former managing partner of O’Melveny’s Hong Kong office, as a partner from A&O Shearman. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Karen Lam as a partner and head of its Hong Kong securitisation and derivatives practice China from Magic Circle firm Linklaters, where she spent the entirety of her two-decade-long career. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Anglo-German law firm CMS has hired Steven Tran, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore-based corporate practice, as a partner in Hong Kong to oversee M&A and private equity transactions across Asia. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Hong Kong law firm CFN Lawyers has continued to strengthen its team with the addition of corporate partner Patrick Wong, who joins from U.S. firm Reed Smith. (ALB, 8 Jan 2025)
U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week. (ALB, 13 Jan 2025)
Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow, who returns after a one-year stint at the offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm. (ALB, 14 Jan 2025)
Singapore
Singapore boutique Providence Law Asia has hired Daniel Tan, a former partner at Shook Lin & Bok, as director and head of its restructuring and insolvency practice. (ALB, 3 Jan 2025)
Singapore law firm Eugene Thuraisingam has welcomed back litigator Jerrie Tan as a partner from K&L Gates Straits Law, where she was a counsel. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Singapore boutique Lighthouse Law has bolstered its dispute resolution and white-collar crime capabilities after adding a team led by litigator Muslim Albakri. Albakri was most recently running its own practice, Albakri LLC. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Private client-focused firm Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has continued the rapid expansion of its Singapore office after hiring corporate lawyer Tun Zaw Mra as a partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP). (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in its financial regulatory practice group in Singapore from Reed Smith, where he had been a partner since 2022. (ALB, 9 Jan 2025)
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. (ALB, 10 Jan 2025)
Singapore disputes and advisory boutique Sreenivasan Chambers, launched last August by former K&L Gates Straits Law managing partner Sreenivasan Narayan SC, has deepened its disputes bench with the addition of five attorneys. (ALB, 27 Jan 2025)
Latest Moves (28 Jan 2025)
In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong / China
Singapore Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann has added Michelle Li to its Shenzhen office as the new head of its international arbitration, construction and projects practices in China from Herbert Smith Freehills. (ALB, 1 Jan 2025)
PRC law firm Han Kun has bolstered its capital markets practice in Hong Kong after hiring Alex Tao as a partner from Milbank. (ALB, 6 Jan 2025)
PRC law firm Han Kun Law Offices has bolstered its corporate practice in Hong Kong after hiring seasoned M&A lawyer Melody He as a partner from Ashurst. (ALB, 8 Jan 2025)
Global law firm Ashurst has strengthened its Hong Kong investment funds and asset management practice by hiring James Ford, a former managing partner of O’Melveny’s Hong Kong office, as a partner from A&O Shearman. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Karen Lam as a partner and head of its Hong Kong securitisation and derivatives practice China from Magic Circle firm Linklaters, where she spent the entirety of her two-decade-long career. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Anglo-German law firm CMS has hired Steven Tran, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore-based corporate practice, as a partner in Hong Kong to oversee M&A and private equity transactions across Asia. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Hong Kong law firm CFN Lawyers has continued to strengthen its team with the addition of corporate partner Patrick Wong, who joins from U.S. firm Reed Smith. (ALB, 8 Jan 2025)
U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week. (ALB, 13 Jan 2025)
Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow, who returns after a one-year stint at the offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm. (ALB, 14 Jan 2025)
Singapore
Singapore boutique Providence Law Asia has hired Daniel Tan, a former partner at Shook Lin & Bok, as director and head of its restructuring and insolvency practice. (ALB, 3 Jan 2025)
Singapore law firm Eugene Thuraisingam has welcomed back litigator Jerrie Tan as a partner from K&L Gates Straits Law, where she was a counsel. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Singapore boutique Lighthouse Law has bolstered its dispute resolution and white-collar crime capabilities after adding a team led by litigator Muslim Albakri. Albakri was most recently running its own practice, Albakri LLC. (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
Private client-focused firm Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has continued the rapid expansion of its Singapore office after hiring corporate lawyer Tun Zaw Mra as a partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP). (ALB, 7 Jan 2025)
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in its financial regulatory practice group in Singapore from Reed Smith, where he had been a partner since 2022. (ALB, 9 Jan 2025)
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. (ALB, 10 Jan 2025)
Singapore disputes and advisory boutique Sreenivasan Chambers, launched last August by former K&L Gates Straits Law managing partner Sreenivasan Narayan SC, has deepened its disputes bench with the addition of five attorneys. (ALB, 27 Jan 2025)