17 JAN 2019 Top 10 Headlines | ELIZABETH BEATTIE KPMG has become the last of the Big Four to offer legal services from a base in Asia, after it established an affiliated law firm in Hong Kong named SF Lawyers.
Operating in association with KPMG Law in Australia, SF Lawyers is helmed by principal Shirley Fu, who started her career in 2004 with KPMG’s tax and legal department in Sydney. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Norton Rose Fulbright has entered into a formal law alliance (FLA) in Singapore with local dispute resolution boutique Ascendant Legal, enhancing its local law offerings. Full Article |
| King & Spalding has hired banking and finance expert Andrew Brereton as a partner in its corporate, finance and investments practice in Singapore from Clifford Chance, where he spent nearly two decades. Full Article |
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| Thailand-based boutique law firm has added two new partners: David W. Lawrence, who joins from an in-house role at Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company, and Wayu Suthisarnsuntorn, who was earlier a partner at Price Sanond. Full Article |
| Morrison & Foerster has expanded its litigation practice in Tokyo with the appointment of Daisuke Yoshida as a partner from Latham & Watkins. Full Article |
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| Singapore-based TSMP Law Corporation has appointed banking and finance lawyer June Ho as a partner from Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein, and Felicia Tan as a director from Ince & Co’s local law firm, with the latter tasked with expanding its China presence. Full Article |
| Submissions are now open for ALB Asia’s Rising Stars Indonesia list, which spotlights the next generation of the country’s lawyers. The list will be published in the March 2019 issue of ALB. Full Article |
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| India has been seeing the rise of some quality smaller law firms that are punching well above their weight in terms of work handled and services delivered. Full Article |
| Offshore law firm Harneys has appointed restructuring and insolvency specialist Nicola Roberts as a partner in Hong Kong from Ogier, where she spent more than a decade practicing in BVI and Jersey. Full Article |
| Addleshaw Goddard has hired infrastructure specialist Ton van den Bosch as a partner in Singapore from Ince & Co, where he was of counsel, as well as head of global terminals & maritime infrastructure practice and energy and projects team in South and Southeast Asia. Full Article |
| Gordon Dadds, one of the first London-listed law firms, has recently completed its acquisition of shipping specialist Ince & Co’s mainland China and UK operations. Full Article |
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