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  • January 21, 2014 |

    Eversheds' former Asia chief moves out of private practice

    Eversheds' former managing partner for Asia Nick Seddon has joined consultancy Beaton Capital as a partner and recruitment company Olivier Cheah as a director. Seddon, who left the UK firm last February, has moved out of private practice to take a corporate advisory role at Beaton, and to work alongside Hong Kong recruiter Jim Olivier to assist firms with lateral partner hires in the city.

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  • January 20, 2014 |

    Top law firms and legal departments to line up for 2014 Middle East awards

    Leading Middle East law firms and legal departments are set to do battle in the third annual Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards. The awards, which are jointly hosted by Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group, will take place in Dubai on 15 May.

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  • January 19, 2014 |

    Clydes Hong Kong partner made global head of aviation finance

    Clyde & Co has promoted Hong Kong partner Paul Jebely to head the global aviation practice, taking over from London-based partner Philip Perrotta. Jebely, who joined Clydes as counsel in March 2011 from Ashurst in Hong Kong, was previously head of aviation finance for Asia and Africa, having taken an active role in developing the regional practice, which now consists of one partner, four associates and one paralegal.

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  • January 16, 2014 |

    Drawing the battle lines – assessing the impact client conflicts have on top law firms

    Client conflicts can scupper mergers and fuel rivalry between partners. With the Tomlinson report highlighting concerns that banks wield too much power over their advisers, Alex Newman charts recent conflicts flashpoints...

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  • January 9, 2014 |

    Clifford Chance moves into Indonesia with local tie-up

    Clifford Chance has launched in Indonesia after entering into an association with local outfit Linda Widyati & Partners (LWP). The tie-up comes some months after the firm first began analysing the market, which it was previously servicing from Singapore.

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  • January 7, 2014 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including DLA, Clydes and HSF

    DLA Piper has boosted its corporate practice in Bangkok with the hire of O'Melveny & Myers lawyer Tim Tan. Tan, who was previously a counsel with O'Melveny in Singapore in the firm's corporate finance practice, focuses on banking and leverage finance, corporate debt and restructuring and special situations investment transactions.

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  • January 6, 2014 |

    Winston & Strawn eyes Taiwan, Singapore offices in Asia push

    US law firm Winston & Strawn is eyeing new offices in Taiwan and Singapore as part of a wider Asia growth plan that will see it double in size in the region. The Chicago-headquartered outfit, which currently has three Asian bases located in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing which it inherited from now defunct Heller Ehrman five years ago, plans to grow its teams in IP, corporate, anti-trust, energy and disputes.

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  • December 19, 2013 |

    Allens down to one lawyer in Singapore after final partner exit

    Linklaters' alliance partner Allens Arthur Robinson is now down to one lawyer in Singapore after the recent departure of partner Marae Ciantar and lawyer Mostyn Taylor. The Australian outfit, which allied with the magic circle firm in May last year and has since moved into their offices on George Street in the city-state, has seen the departure of 11 lawyers and four partners in the region since the beginning of 2012.

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  • December 18, 2013 |

    A year in headlines - a look back at Legal Week's most-read articles of 2013

    An end-of-year review of Legal Week's most-read articles of the last twelve months, including mergers, job cuts, panel reviews, partner moves promotions, pay rises and much more...

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  • November 22, 2013 |

    Stephenson Harwood grows first half revenue by 10%

    Stephenson Harwood has posted a 10% rise in half year revenue for 2013-14. The firm brought in revenue of £57m for the first six months of the financial year, up on £51.4m at the same point in 2012-13.

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