This week's roundup also sees moves at Shearman & Sterling, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper, Payne Hicks Beach and Squire Patton Boggs | 12h

Jern-Fei Ng QC was the first of four senior counsel with Asia links to leave the sanctions-hit London chambers | 3d

Karen Cheung’s arrival from Li & Partners will complement yacht and private jet teams, says firm | 4d

This week's roundup also includes Withers, Bird & Bird and Clifford Chance | 1w

Efforts to secure evacuation of elite female athletes have featured 150-strong team working across nine time zones | 1w

Three-lawyer corporate team climbs on board just as Squire celebrates double Asia Pacific commodities hire from HFW | 2w

Launch marks firm’s fifth office since it was established in 2019 | 2w

Move sees firm relaunch in Asia after last year’s Shanghai exit | 2w

Firm takes on privacy expert as part of deal with Washington DC-based Future of Privacy Forum | 3w

Grouping of five solicitors who warned against ‘political division’ and pledged to work with Beijing triumph | 3w

Ex-Skadden lawyer on ‘rule of law’ ticket bows out of Tuesday’s ballot 'for my safety, and the safety of my family' | 4w

Former Watson Farley & Williams partner to head up new venture in city state | 4w

This week's roundup of moves also sees Mayer Brown add leveraged finance depth in Chicago and Maddocks boost its healthcare offering in Sydney | 1mo

LA-based firm hails 'major milestone' for Asia as it targets infra and private equity fund work | 1mo

Academy pledges online support worth $1.9m as city state emerges from another Covid-19 ‘circuit breaker’ | 1mo

Firm posts 40% PEP hike as it unveils partner hires in LA, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore | 1mo

Singapore-based Salim Moollan QC will join Vernon Flynn QC at new set in September as Essex Court secures two up-and-coming Chancery juniors | 1mo

Chiang Ling Li joins Tiang & Partners to 'boost strategic growth in Greater China' | 1mo