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| Anglo-American law firm DLA Piper has hired Tony Andriotis as the head of its international arbitration practice in Japan from the Tokyo office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Full Article |
| Singapore Big Four firm Rajah & Tann has launched a sustainability practice for environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance in the region. Full Article |
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| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has lost its five-lawyer aviation team in Hong Kong, led by partners William Ho and Jackson Chow, to Watson Farley & Williams. Full Article |
| Chris Lambert, managing partner of Hong Kong’s Robertsons, talks about the necessity for business owners to stay flexible during the pandemic, the need for fostering individual talents rather than nurturing a fixed idea of how a typical lawyer should be and the firm’s plan to remain an important participant among independent law firms in the city. Full Article |
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| Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership has hired banking and finance specialists Pearl Lim and Chan Wai Chong as partners from Withers. Full Article |
| Hong Kong firm Oldham, Li & Nie has launched OLN IP, a consultancy that handles intellectual property matters. Full Article |
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| Latham & Watkins has hired M&A specialist Hiroaki (Hiro) Takagi as a partner in Tokyo from Nishimura & Asahi, where he spent more than 15 years. Full Article |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s largest firm, has boosted its funds practice with the hire of Vivaik Sharma as a partner in Mumbai from AZB & Partners, where he was a counsel. Full Article |
| The dust has finally settled on the US Presidential elections. While most dealmakers are relieved that a big source of uncertainty has been dealt with, they will have to brace themselves for higher corporate tax and detrimental changes to the treatment of carried interest. Regulatory burdens will also become more onerous under a Biden Presidency, potentially blunting deal making activity. But all things considered, the conditions necessary for a much improved deal-making environment in 2021 have emerged. Full Article |
| Simmons & Simmons has hired disputes expert Gary Yin as a partner in Hong Kong from PRC firm Jingtian & Gongcheng, where he led the disputes and investigations practice. Full Article |
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