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  • October 8, 2013 |

    Taylor Wessing signs association in Indonesia

    Taylor Wessing has become the latest Indonesian law firm to establish a presence in Indonesia after tying up with local outfit Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners (HPRP). The association, which will see the two firms share know-how and resources, comes as a string of foreign firms look to Indonesia - one of Asia's fastest growing economies - for new work.

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  • October 7, 2013 |

    RPC boosts Singapore team with hire of Ince Asia insurance chief

    RPC has bulked up its Singapore practice with the hire of Ince & Co head of Asia insurance and reinsurance Iain Anderson. Anderson joined Ince as a trainee in 1998 and was made up as partner in 2007 before relocating to Singapore three years later to launch the firm's Singapore insurance offering. He is set to start his role at RPC at the start of November.

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  • September 26, 2013 |

    AIG appoints 25 firms following EMEA legal panel review

    Linklaters, Mayer Brown and Travers Smith are among a clutch of 25 firms to have won places on AIG's legal panel, as the insurance group announces the creation of a new centre to manage its EMEA legal advisers. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and US headquartered firms Morrison & Foerster and Chadbourne & Parke have also taken places on the panel , which covers its claims and corporate legal panels for the UK and its nine largest European operations.

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  • September 25, 2013 |

    Reed Smith eyes growth in Singapore with hire of HSF Indonesia partner

    Reed Smith in Singapore has hired Herbert Smith Freehills energy lawyer Charles Ball as a partner as the firm looks to expand its presence in the city-state a year after opening there. Ball, who joins from the UK firm's Jakarta office, has extensive experience in Indonesia, which is a key market for the firm, with his focus spanning disputes, crisis management and compliance in the energy and natural resources sector.

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  • September 25, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown and Eversheds

    Australian firm Gadens has added to its corporate team in Perth with the hire of King & Wood Mallesons partner David Perks. Having spent a decade at Mallesons, Perks has significant experience in Australia's M&A market, specialising in energy, projects and resources and advising clients such as BHP Billiton, CITIC Resources, Goldcorp and Focus Minerals.

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  • September 18, 2013 |

    MoFo's London arm sees off £1.4m High Court negligence claim

    Morrison & Foerster's (MoFo's) UK arm has successfully countered a £1.4m professional negligence claim brought against the firm by energy investment company Petrochemical Resources. The claim was dismissed earlier this month by Exchange Chambers' Mark Cawson QC, who sat as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division, after the hearing ended in late June.

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  • September 12, 2013 |

    All systems go – why IT considerations are front and centre in law firm mergers

    The recent spate of big law firm mergers has brought IT to the front and centre of strategic discussions as partners recognise how reliant on technology their work has become...

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  • September 10, 2013 |

    Clydes hires Aussie partner trio to lead construction and shipping practices

    Clyde & Co has ramped up its new Australia operation with the hire of three partners from firms including King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Norton Rose Fulbright. Two of the new recruits - KWM partner Beth Cubitt and Norton Rose Fulbright partner Glen Warwick - will launch an Australia construction practice for the firm, while the third - Maurice Thompson, who joins from Australian firm HWL Ebsworth - will lead its shipping, trade and commodities practices in the country.

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  • September 10, 2013 |

    Eversheds and Clydes announce retention rates for autumn intakes

    Eversheds and Clyde & Co have become the latest UK top 50 firms to confirm their autumn trainee retention rates for 2013, following a clutch of announcements in recent weeks. Eversheds is keeping on 84% of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers this autumn after offering 40 of its 45 qualifiers a role at the firm, with 38 accepting. The percentage is flat on last autumn's round, when the firm retained the same proportion of NQs.

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  • September 5, 2013 |

    AIG to launch Asia-Pacific adviser review as regulatory demands grow

    AIG is set to kick off a review of its external legal advisers across the Asia-Pacific region, as the insurance giant sizes up a potential merger of its corporate and claims panels. The US-based company currently has a corporate panel including five to 10 law firms across several Asian countries, alongside a separate claims panel subdivided by jurisdiction and area of expertise. The corporate panel covers 13 countries where AIG has operations in Asia – Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. AIG expects to finalise the process before the end of the year.

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