HSF leaders plot China launch and US merger amid new strategy
‘Could we have a 1,000 lawyers in China? We could,’ Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) co-chief executive Mark Rigotti said. ‘But…
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Reform underway as Dentons shakes up profit-sharing arrangement in China
Following its landmark combination with Dentons to create a 7,500-lawyer legal giant, legacy Dacheng is restructuring its practice to reduce…
Dentons shakes up profit-sharing arrangement in China
Following its landmark combination with Dentons to create a 7,500-lawyer legal giant, legacy Dacheng is restructuring its practice to reduce…
Red dragon, white cross – Can Chinese money kickstart Swiss markets
‘In our worldwide business, the volume of mergers is at a record high. However, in Switzerland we can talk about…
Wall Street elite go head to head in largest ever Chinese acquisition
Continued interest in European assets by Chinese investors peaked last month, as Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Davis Polk &…
Magic Circle firms join Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s bulked up legal panel
Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a handful of UK firms to win spots on The Chinese…
Weil makes China lateral move with acquisition of Freshfields’ Ching
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has bolstered its Shanghai office with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s New York-qualified corporate partner…
No playbook for Dentons’ bold China tie-up
Tony Lin sizes up the world’s most lawyered firm and asks what Dentons’ much-hyped tie-up with Dacheng can deliver Size…
Hogan Lovells hires Bingham finance partner in New York and Mayer Brown trio in China
Having sought to upgrade its finance practice in New York since the 2010 union of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, Hogan…
Dentons becomes world’s most lawyered firm with Dacheng tie-up
Firms set to create a 6,600-lawyer, $1.7bn law firm giant In a bid to create the world’s largest firm by…
Asia: DLA Piper builds up its Singapore office while Milbank and Sidley expand in China
DLA Piper, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Sidley Austin have all completed partner raids on rivals in Asia as…
6,600 lawyers: Dentons set to combine with China’s largest law firm Dacheng
Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading…
Chinese walls?
MARKET VIEW – ARBITRATION Following a high-profile internal squabble, the CIETAC is going global. Yu Jianlong, the institution’s secretary general,…
Hong Kong Law Society president forced to go amid row over independence from China
Ambrose Lam, president of the Hong Kong Law Society since May last year, was forced to resign on 19 August…
Clyde & Co’s ambitious strategy for China and global arbitration behind double trophy partner hire
Clyde & Co’s ambitious Greater China strategy has been credited with the trophy hire this week of Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) co-head…
Asia round-up: Bingham makes funds push in Tokyo while Eversheds launches in Beijing
The lateral hire market has been particularly active in Asia this week, with some of the most established international players…
Chindia – Centre of the universe
Singapore has emerged as the location of choice to serve the legal markets in China and India and is attracting…
Follow the Money – Wealth Management
Old money still resides in the US and Europe, but private wealth growth has exploded in China and India. Wealth…