White & Case relocates Asia PE head to London
White & Case’s Asia private equity head Peggy Wang has relocated to London from Hong Kong just two years after she joined the US firm from Linklaters.
White & Case’s Asia private equity head Peggy Wang has relocated to London from Hong Kong just two years after she joined the US firm from Linklaters.
Shanghai-headquartered AllBright has sealed a co-operation agreement with Bird & Bird and will establish a representative office in the UK firm’s City premises.
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US litigation boutique Kobre & Kim has opened its third Asia office in Shanghai, which is also the firm’s first location in mainland China.
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Linklaters’ Chinese best friend firm Zhao Sheng has completed a series of key changes as the two prepare for regulatory approval for a joint operation office in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
Lateral hires are in high demand at China’s biggest firms, as their internal promotions pipeline struggle to cope with the pace of growth, The Lawyer’s China Top 30 report finds.
Partner numbers across the biggest international law firms in mainland China saw a positive uptick in 2016 despite other firms’ decision to scale down, new research reveals.
An increasing number of the Top 30 Chinese firms are eyeing opportunities in the UK driven by outbound investment of their Chinese clients, The Lawyer China Top 30 2017 research finds.
The combined net profits of the top 30 highest-grossing Chinese law firms reached £1.4bn (RMB12.66bn) last year, The Lawyer China Top 30 2017 report can reveal.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has hired three partners from Pinsent Masons including its head of mainland China Hew Kian Heong.
Two of PwC Legal’s China founding partners have left the firm to join Slaughter and May’s “best friends” firm JunHe.