The global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that it would merge with Chadbourne & Parke, a leading international law firm, to form a combined firm which will use the Norton Rose Fulbright name during the second ...

Linklaters, the well-known international law firm, is talking with Chinese law firm to build a "best friends" relationship and launch a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) to enter into the Chinese...

A little more than a year since it opened an office in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, PRC firm Haiwen & Partners is preparing to set up Hong Kong Office. The 120-lawyer firm, which also has offices in Beijing –...

In February of 2017, 13 partners and 40 lawyers included Edwin Luk and Maurice Hoo from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, announced plans for Hong Kong office of Morgan Lewis, and they had set up a local law firm called...

Yilong Du joined Latham & Watkins as a corporate partner in its Hong Kong office. Du was from Goldman Sachs and worked as an executive director and senior counsel there. Du mainly focuses> “Yilong is a great fit for...

Capital markets partner Jon Gray has left Linklaters in Hong Kong and will join Davis Polk & Wardwell Tokyo office soon. Jon Gray, capital markets specialist, represents companies and financial institutions> In 2014, he...

Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee  has opened an office in Hong Kong as part of its global strategy for the year which saw the firm establish a Dubai office in April, and announce plans to open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh...

Seeking to work with Asian clients using BVI and Cayman Island structures, Forbes Hare is launching its Singapore office with a licence to practise in the city-state, following its 2012 opening in London. The Singapore ...

On April 27, 2015, the Extension of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (“Shanghai FTZ”) was inaugurated in the Pudong New Area People’s Government; Lujiazui Financial Area, Zhangjiang High-tech Park Zone and...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will open its first office in mainland China with the hire of Samuel Williamson from Kirkland & Ellis. Samuel Williamson will be the managing partner, and three to five associates will ...

UK law firm Lewis Silkin has opened in Hong Kong as a Registered Foreign Law Firm, in a move aimed at growing the firm’s employment and global mobility offering in Asia. Antonia Grant,immigration and global mobility ...

Shanghai law firm Llinks Law Offices has opened an office in Hong Kong, its first outside Mainland China. With three partners, the new office will primarily focus> Llinks’ is one of a number of mainland firms that ...