Law Firm Office Closures

Team’s exit for Thomson Geer result of Ashurst scaling back work for Australian government

Closure follows departure of senior partners from shrinking office in recent years

Closure leaves US firm with eight overseas offices, all in in Europe

Firm says it will continue to service its clients’ Asia needs through associate firm network

New York firm to focus China coverage in Hong Kong

Cuts to affect 14 equity partners and all three German offices, according to reports

End of partnership with Witara Cakra Advocates means US firm will no longer have an on-the-ground presence in Indonesia

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

Move follows transatlantic firm’s announcement in September that it was shuttering its Warsaw office

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

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

US firm shutters Mexico outpost nine years after launching in the country

New York firm latest of a string of leading international practices to scale back in China

Group including eight partners moves over as A&O Shearman winds down Johannesburg office

Closures to affect more than 120 lawyers and support staff

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