13 SEP 2018 Top 10 Headlines APARNA SAI Herbert Smith Freehills and Allen & Overy picked up five awards each at The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018, with Baker McKenzie winning the coveted prize of The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year.
At the event held on Sept. 7 at the Conrad Hong Kong, HSF’s haul included the Art Futures Award for Managing Partner of the Year, won by Justin D’ Agostino. Meanwhile, A&O won the Woman Lawyer of the Year award (Catherine Husted), as well as the International Arbitration Law Firm of the Year. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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Herbert Smith Freehills and Allen & Overy picked up five awards each at The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018, with Baker McKenzie winning the coveted prize of The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year. Full Article |
Eversheds Sutherland appointed John Siu as a partner in its Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team in Hong Kong. Full Article |
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Submissions for the ALB Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2018 rankings are closing soon. Full Article |
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has appointed disputes expert Omar Ahmad as a partner in New Delhi from national rival Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM), where he was principal associate. Ahmad joins with a team of three associates. Full Article |
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Jonathan Culshaw, the Asia managing partner and global head of investment funds at offshore law firm Harneys, has passed away. He was 48. Full Article |
The recently merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP_ has named Andrew MacGeoch as the managing partner of its Hong Kong and Singapore offices as it officially launches under its new name in the two Asian cities. Full Article |
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PRC law firm Jingtian & Gongcheng has entered into an association in Hong Kong with L&C Legal, which is led by Elaine Lo, former senior partner of Mayer Brown JSM. Full Article |
Walkers adds another senior lawyer in Hongkong from Maples and Calder, former Myanmar attorney general joins Duane Morris, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
A sign of how important Singapore has become as a centre of international commercial arbitration is the increasing number of works being published on the arbitration rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and, as in the case of this book, Singapore’s arbitration legislation and related materials. Full Article |
Top firms aid on CK Infrastructure’s $9.8 bln cross-border deal, Bakers advises Japan’s MUFG on its $4bln Indonesian bank acquisition, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
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