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Clyde & Co hires 12-strong team in Bangkok from DLA Piper
Two-partner group joins alongside six further hires from other firms in move Clydes described as one of the most significant hires in the Thai legal market in recent years
Simpson Thacher returns to Singapore after 20-year absence in private equity drive
New York firm cites city-state’s status as a ‘central hub for global investors and multinational businesses’
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale: provoking conversations on craft and IP
Inspired by an Indian art exhibition, Remfry & Sagar’s Bisman Kaur discusses how protecting artisan processes and networks lies at the heart of IP law in the age of global fashion and design
Mayer Brown builds in Tokyo with seven-lawyer A&O Shearman team
Arrival of partners Toshiro Mochizuki and Kana Morimura follows recent hire of A&O Shearman’s Tokyo head
Baker Botts adds arbitration partner from Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore
Energy specialist Katie Chung arrives after 15 years at NRF
Luxury brands must respond to maturing ESG frameworks, new policy survey says
Baker McKenzie and Positive Luxury study says brands continue to face compliance challenges across jurisdictions with varying requirements
Harvey to open Singapore office
Third office in APAC region underlines its status as ‘major growth engine’
Menstrual equity is now a reality in India
Hausfeld lawyers Ingrid Gubbay and Cara Nicholson examine recent Indian appellate litigation on the right to menstrual health
Pinsent Masons allies with China Commercial Law Firm in Qianhai
UK-founded firm to establish joint venture in Qianhai Free Trade Zone following launch of its Shenzhen office in January
Upcycling: fashion’s new infringement frontier
A balance between luxury brand rights and upcycling remains elusive, write Bird & Bird’s Cristiana Andreotta, Elisabetta Bandera, Rita Tardiolo, Manon Rieger-Jansen and Nina Dorenbosch
Slaughter and May creates digital regulation practice
Firm cites ‘unprecedented’ regulatory complexity for clients as digital regimes in the EU and UK come into effect and are more actively enforced
South Korean biotech firm ToolGen hires CLO amid gene-editing patent battle
Dave Boncheun Koo has been hired to ‘aggressively enforce’ and monetise its IP portfolio
LegalOn Technologies launches suite of agentic AI tools to support in-house lawyers
Company says its AI agents can expand what legal teams can accomplish
DLA Piper boosts Asia ECM coverage with Sidley Austin partner hire in Hong Kong
Sherlyn Lau joins as head of capital markets and corporate finance for the APAC region