10 SEPTEMBER 2020 Top 10 Headlines | ELIZABETH BEATTIE Legal insights firm Acritas has unveiled its Asia-Pacific Law Firm Brand Index 2020, revealing the top 10 law firms in the region by brand value. While the pandemic has triggered retreats from some markets, or the shedding of headcount, larger domestic firms have shown their market dominance and staying power in the index.
Taking the top spot this year was Sino-Australian firm King & Wood Mallesons, and it was followed closely by Baker McKenzie, last year’s top firm. Both law firms have grown their brand equity across the region over the past year, Acritas research found. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Hong Kong firm Tanner De Witt has hired Kevin Warburton as partner in the firm’s arbitration practice from Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May, where he was a counsel. Full Article |
| Quyen Hoang, managing partner at LNT & Partners, talks about her journey to becoming a lawyer, the steps her firm put in place to counter the repercussions of the pandemic, and how LNT has been a pioneer in developing its own technology to manage timesheets and cases. Full Article |
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| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Khaitan & Co. have advised India’s Reliance Retail Ventures on its purchase of retail businesses of conglomerate Future Group for 247.13 billion rupees ($3.38 billion). The seller was represented by Trilegal and Wadia Ghandy & Co. Full Article |
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s third-largest firm by headcount, has appointed Nawneet Vibhaw as a partner in Delhi from Khaitan & Co. Full Article |
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| Christophe Montane, Senior Vice President, APAC Sales at Intralinks gave a presentation on The Evolution of Technology Adoption in Bankruptcy & Restructuring Opportunities during ALB’s ALB Virtual Cross-border Debt Restructuring Forum 2020 held on 3 September 2020. Given the overwhelming questions asked on that day, we sat down with them recently to get some of the key questions related to this topic answered. Full Article |
| Shearman & Sterling has hired finance specialist Gary Hamp as a partner in London from Latham & Watkins in Hong Kong. Full Article |
| Allen & Gledhill on HSBC’s $5.1 bln EMTN programme, Khaitan, AZB, CAM, and Nishith Desai on BCI’s $3.4 bln acquisition, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals roundup. Full Article |
| Han Kun nabs real estate specialist from KWM, Helmsman appoints disputes associate director, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments roundup. Full Article |
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