| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired James Atkin in Tokyo as the global co-head of the firm’s oil and gas practice from Vinson & Elkins, where he was managing partner of its office in the Japanese capital. |
| Pinsent Masons MPillay, the Singapore alliance firm of Pinsent Masons, is set to launch its flexible lawyer service Vario in the city-state. |
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| Mayer Brown has hired banking and finance specialist Shri Maski and corporate expert Gordon Palmquist as partners at its recently opened Tokyo office from Ashurst and Shearman & Sterling, respectively. |
| The United States has banned American firms from selling parts and software to China’s ZTE Corp for seven years, potentially devastating for the telecoms equipment maker and exacerbating tensions between the world’s two largest economies. |
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