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FEATURE: ALB Watchlist 2011
| Thursday, 10 February 2011
2011 promises to be another year of intrigue and transformation
for many of Australia and New Zealand’s best-known firms. ALB starts the year by nominating ten firms for whom 2011 will be a particularly critical year. Whether they are law firms primed for growth or ones that are looking to recover from a setback, here are the firms that have a point to prove to the market.
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Nixon Peabody strikes local alliance in Hong Kong
| Monday, 22 November 2010
US firm Nixon Peabody has forGEd a formal agreement with ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010 Boutique Law Firm of the Year finalist Cheng Wong Lam & Partners this week as part of its push to establish a presence in Hong Kong.
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Freshfields promotes 11 lawyers to counsel
| Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Freshfields Bruckhaus DerinGEr has added three new counsels to its Hong Kong practice: Edward Freeman (corporate), Gwen Wong (corporate), and Richard Bird (IP/IT). Freshfields has promoted 11 lawyers globally, effective from 1 Nov 2010. This round of promotions is in addition to the nine lawyers already promoted in May this year.
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Wilson Sonsini成立香港办公室, 任命新合伙人
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010
为扩展中国业务，Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati事务所宣布即将在香港成立其亚洲的第二个办公室，同时任命最近加盟的合伙人陈炜恒为律所中国地区联席主管。
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ANALYSIS: The real North face
| Thursday, 5 August 2010
Talks of Australian law firm merGErs may be continuing to simmer,but the real action is happening in the Northern hemisphere
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DLA loses more Asia partners; Norton Rose builds IPT practice
| Thursday, 22 July 2010
Just over a month after losing Rocky Lee to Cadwalader in Beijing, DLA Piper has lost a further two partners from its Hong Kong office : Gigi Cheah and Justin Davidson, former co-heads of the firm’s TMT/IP practice, have defected to Norton Rose.
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Dewey clinches $700m Kazakhstan financing deal
| Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Dewey & LeBoeuf further cemented its presence in Kazakhstan by taking the lead advisor role for the $700m Ekibastuz power station financing deal in Kazakhstan, which is one of the larGEst coal-fired power stations in the world.
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Nishith Desai loses fund investment head to Indus Law
| Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Kartik Ganapathy has been poached from his role as head of investment practice of Asia’s sixth- larGEst firm by Indus Law’s fund and merGErs and acquisition group, joining them as an equity partner.
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India: Hemant Sahai looks to rebuild after failed merGEr
| Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Indian firm Hemant Sahai Associates (HSA) has elevated two lawyers to its partnership in an effort to rebuild its practice after its short-lived merGEr with fellow Indian firm Paras Kuhad & Associates.
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Chengdu 2010 成都法律市场年度报告
| Friday, 4 June 2010
On track to become the financial and commercial centre of South-West China, Chengdu's legal industry is undergoing significant chanGEs. Most are driven by growing demand in the middle and upper market segments. ALB reports
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Zhong Lun and AllBright inject IPO expertise
| Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The Shenzhen stock exchanGE has recently seen some stellar debuts by domestic players – Shenzhen Hepalink’s US$868m IPO and Zhejiang Narada Power Source’s US$287m IPO on the Shenzhen Growth Enterprises Market board.
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Outsourcing too “risky” for some GEneral counsel
| Friday, 16 April 2010
Outsourcing legal work is not always the best option for legal departments and poses risk, according to various GEneral counsels who responded to ALB’s In-house Survey 2010.
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