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Skadden’s rainmaker China practice head joins ByteDance as CFO
Julie Gao signs up with client as pipeline of Chinese companies selling shares in Hong Kong and New York slows
McDermott adds white collar heavyweight from Sidley Austin to lead new Singapore base
Yuet Ming Tham joins alongside partner Shu Min Ho and two counsel and will also serve as head of APAC
Freshfields hits gender and racial diversity targets in latest partner promotion round
Women make up 41% of the 27 new partners, hitting its 40% female gender diversity target
Singapore’s Rajah & Tann reshuffles leadership team as firm looks to the future
Shake-up is intended to give younger partners more input into how the firm is run
Linklaters bolsters corporate practice with Ashurst M&A lead in Tokyo
Tracy Whiriskey comes aboard following number of recent laterals to Links’ wider M&A practice as deals market booms
UK Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court over national security law
Supreme Court president Lord Reed cites administration’s departure from ‘values of political freedom and freedom of expression’
Nelson Mullins, Simpson Thacher lead Japan's Coincheck through $1.3bn SPAC merger
Allen & Overy, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Littler Mendleson, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek also act on merger with Thunder Bridge Capital Partners
Men dominate Slaughter and May partner promotions in first year after publication of diversity targets
Just one woman made up in eight-strong cohort although five-year average is just shy of long-term goal
Watson Farley & Williams mourns death of Singapore office head
Leading maritime lawyer remembered as a ‘superb lawyer who inspired great trust and loyalty’
Hong Kong Stock Exchange hires Kirkland partner as co-head of IPO vetting
Veteran partner Li-Chien Wong to be reunited with former Kirkland colleague Stephanie Lau
Squire Patton Boggs elevates 26 to partner in diverse promotions round
Some two thirds of the cohort is diverse according to gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation according to the firm
Dentons hires Hogan Lovells' sustainability head to lead global ESG efforts
Tokyo-based Aragon St-Charles tasked with helping new firm distinguish itself as 'leader and innovator' in field
Three Crowns secures Shearman & Sterling's Singapore head to launch first Asia office
Arbitration boutique capitalises on city state's 'ever-growing' popularity as a disputes hub with fifth base
McDermott hires Latham's power industry group co-head as Asia transactions chair in Singapore
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi comes aboard following firm's relaunch in the city-state last year
Mourant appoints eight partners in record year
Offshore firm promotes seven internally and adds litigation specialist in Hong Kong from local rival