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Leading Pakistani human rights lawyer to co-chair IBA’s Human Rights Institute

Hina Jilani has succeeded distinguished Swedish lawyer Anne Ramberg

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Morgan Lewis shutters Shenzhen office after less than two years

Closure follows office head Shaobin Zhu defecting to DLA Piper last year

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Gearing leaves Fountain Court to build on Singapore connections

Former co-head of arbitration to go solo in London but continue at Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers

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SICC marks 10th anniversary with transnational dispute resolution conference

Speakers included Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon

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MoFo recruits senior private equity M&A partner in Singapore from Gibson Dunn

Scott Jalowayski replenishes MoFo’s Asia corporate bench following defections to CMS and Baker McKenzie

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Malaysia sovereign fund 1MDB files legal claim over $1bn alleged fraud

BVI action against Hong Kong company alleges ‘dissipation of billions of dollars in stolen funds’

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Singapore International Commercial Court appoints trio of UK, Australian judges

International jurists include UK Justice Lady Mary Arden, who join the court’s ranks next month

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Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition

Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer

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Blackstone Chambers takes on Singapore-based silk to expand Asia offering

Former Clyde & Co partner Sapna Jhangiani KC joins London commercial set in Singapore

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Milbank latest to quit Beijing as US firms’ China headcount falls 25% in two years

Paul Weiss has also called time on its Beijing arm this week as exodus of US firms continues

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‘Glass ceiling remains powerful’ – IBA takes stock on progress achieving gender equality in law

Award-winning longitudinal study publishes interim report and identifies ‘key takeaways’ from ongoing research

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‘A dynamic international landscape’: The Global Legal Post launches IP guide

Law Over Borders Intellectual Property guide is edited by Foley & Lardner’s Jeffrey Greene

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Paul Weiss shutters Beijing office as Big Law's China exodus continues

Wall Street leader is 13th US firm to close an office in China this year

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Lawyers among 45 pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison by Hong Kong court

Western governments and human rights groups condemn city’s largest national security prosecution to date

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One Essex Court adds Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s former Asia arbitration head

Paul Tan joins the set to expand its footprint in Singapore and the wider Asia region

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