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Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Singapore. Singapore Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership has hired construction and engineering arbitration expert Joanna Seetoh as a partner from LVM Law Chambers, where she was an associate director. (ALB, 28 Apr 2022) U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has set its sights on Singapore after hiring …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong TikTok-owner ByteDance has appointed corporate attorney Julie Gao as its new chief financial officer (CFO). (REUTERS, 25 Apr 2022)   Singapore U.S. law firm King & Spalding has hired international arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in Singapore …

Check out the latest moves within the legal industry in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired international arbitration expert Ing Loong Yang as a partner in Hong Kong from Latham & Watkins. (ALB, Apr 6)   Singapore Khaitan & Co, India’s second-largest firm, has added a third …

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 …