Expanded round sees firm achieve 50:50 gender split
Gordon Davidson and Fergus Saurin sign up with Broadfield alongside five more hires across Hong Kong and London
A&O Shearman’s joint Singapore managing partner Tim Beech moves over with newly-minted partner Regina Lui and an associate to boost US firm’s global corporate trust team
Tim Parker will be appointed Senior Counsel in June; but another international judge has left the Court of Final Appeal
UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024
Office set to open this summer follows firm’s recent launches in US, Malaysia and Thailand
Firm says it will continue to service its clients’ Asia needs through associate firm network
Tie-up to create 40-lawyer practice contrasts with wider scaling back of China operations by large international law firms
Biennial forum is taking place in Hong Kong this week and features sessions on arbitration and cross-border M&A
Paul Quinn and Truman Mak join as partners in the firm’s commercial litigation team
BVI action against Hong Kong company alleges ‘dissipation of billions of dollars in stolen funds’
Western governments and human rights groups condemn city’s largest national security prosecution to date
Appointment follows controversy over Lord Neuberger’s decision to continue as a judge on Hong Kong’s Court of Final of Appeal
Top 50 UK firm bucks trend of law firms pulling out of the city
Decision follows court’s controversial rejection of appeal by pro-democracy demonstrators
Top 40 US firm closed office in April leaving it with a single German base in Munich
Beverley McLachlin announces her retirement from the Court of Final Appeal as Lord Sumption speaks out against Hong Kong’s rule of law
Decision of Lords Collins and Sumption comes amid mounting concern over rule of law
US firm will continue to operate in Hong Kong, but bulk of office will resurrect historic Johnson Stokes & Master brand
As green marks grow in advertising, DLA Piper lawyers Elizabeth Wong and Liam Blackford provide guidance on trademark rules in China and Hong Kong