Addleshaw Goddard will close its Hong Kong office later this year, The Lawyer has learned. Staff in their Hong Kong office were reportedly informed of the news on Monday, and staff in London were informed today. The closure will take place from September this year, after the office lease expires. Addleshaws had […] Asian Legal Business is proud to present the 18th Beijing In-House Legal Summit 2022. In-house counsel tasked with managing their company`s legal risks face exciting times Award-winning legal technology company Lawcadia is expanding globally and announcing its expansion into the UK. The legal operations platform for in-house legal teams and their law firms will now have an official presence in the Northern Hemisphere. Eryn Bowles, Chief Operating Officer of Lawcadia, […] Data-driven legaltech platform SeedLegals has launched its Share Option Scheme (also known as ESOP) solution for startups and small businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong, allowing them to create complex stock option deals, reward their employees and incentivize them to attract top talent and […] Joshua Chu, a litigator and legal influencer at ONC TMT, is leaving the firm to join Coinllectibles, the first DOT blockchain merger technology company™™ listed on U.S. OTC markets, as Group Chief Risk Officer. A personal brand For nearly three years, Joshua Chu has been building […] Some speak of the dawn of a «golden age» for the market; others a sugar rush for the best players in the country; while a third group warns of more difficult times. Whatever the point of view, the feeling is that a new era has begun for the Australian legal industry.
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia hosted a reflective and intensive retreat with senior legal advisors from across the Australian economy Asia News has been developed to give you access to all our latest news from Asia in one place. We hope you find it useful. Eiji Kobayashi, Head of Corporate, M&A and Securities at NRF Tokyo, joined Paul Hastings` Japanese base in mid-January with a team of four, including two partners, a paralegal and a secretary, to follow him a few weeks later. Continue reading «After an expansive 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright starts the year with a withdrawal in Asia» Tian Yuan Law Firm has an office in Wuhan, its 13th office. China branch, opened to provide legal services in the areas of dispute resolution, real estate and infrastructure, family and asset management, tax and compliance ALB will host the Greater Bay Area Forum in Guangzhou on December 8, 2022. The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) contacted its members and said the opening of the country`s legal services market to foreign companies was inevitable and imminent. India Business Law Journal seeks the help of in-house lawyers and business people to identify India`s leading lawyers and legal icons Lara Quie is a legal business development and marketing expert based in Singapore. Originally a corporate lawyer in London, she leads business development for Asia Pacific at Twenty Essex, a leading international law firm.
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7667 of 2021] and concluded that the provisions of the Insolvency and 2016 bankruptcy («Code») prevail over […] China`s 30 largest companies have seen their sales rise rapidly, allowing them to overcome the effects of the Covid-19 crisis relatively unscathed. Charlton will lead Addleshaws` Asia Pacific operations, with the firm`s managing partner, John Joyce, telling Legal Business that the firm plans to triple the size of its regional capabilities. He added that the company would grow from four to at least 12 partners, spread across its Hong Kong and Singapore offices, and did not rule out adding more bases in the region. Continue reading «Addleshaw Goddard hires former BLP Asia executive» China Business Law Journal identifies leading «branches» and «national» law firms in different regions Addleshaw Goddard has hired former head of Asia Berwin Leighton Paisner to triple the size of its presence in Asia. 30 Cecil Street #11-04 Prudential Tower Singapore 049712 A partner in Jones Day`s Singapore office moves to London, where he will join Shearman & Sterling. Matthew Skinner returns to London after nearly two decades in the Asia-Pacific region. He started at Clyde & Co in London in the early 1990s and also worked at Herbert Smith in the City of […] Luthra and Luthra Law Offices promoted 23 corporate and litigation lawyers as part of firm`s 32nd anniversary celebrations Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired a new partner in Saudi Arabia, while it has also gained weight in Asia with the appointment of a new chief of staff. The company recruited Joza Al-Rasheed from Riyadh, who joins the company after working in-house in the chemical industry for five months.
Bob Charlton joins Addleshaws after leaving BLP, now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), following the US merger in February, where he had served as Head of Asia since 2014. Charlton previously held a similar position for DLA Piper in the region.