Hunton & Williams law firm news

Mayer Brown JSM to scale down Thai practice after partner departures
| Friday, 10 December 2010

US firm Mayer Brown JSM is set to drastically scale down its Thai operations after the departure of three key partners from its Bangkok office.

Nabarro latest firm to zero in on Singapore legal services boom
| Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Asia will undergo infrastructure and arbitration booms in the next ten years and the expanding market has room to accommodate more foreign law practices.

Appleton Luff appoints new Singapore partner
| Friday, 2 July 2010

International boutique law firm Appleton Luff has promoted international trade lawyer Jay Nee to partner, after he joined the firm in 2009 as counsel.

‘Business as usual’ for Thai law firms caught in political unrest
| Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Law firms in Thailand with offices on the main road where the military and protestors are currently facing a stand off are continuing to operate as usual, despite fears the street could become a battleground between angry protestors and armed troops.

Hunton & Williams, Bakers power up new Thailand plant
| Monday, 8 March 2010

Baker & McKenzie and Hunton & Williams have helped Thai National Power on the project development and US$150m financing of a new co-generation power plant in Thailand.

Clifford Chance, Hunton on speedy Thailand deal
| Thursday, 11 December 2008

Clifford Chance and Hunton & Williams advised on the signing of a major Thailand energy deal in just under three weeks.

Financial crisis brings flurry of M&A work to lawyers
| Friday, 19 September 2008

When reports surfaced of Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy and the fall of Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the US, it seemed like market activity had slowed. But figures released by Mergermarket show otherwise.

The US Report
| Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Stories covered - Akerman Senterfitt reviews management structure; Troutman Sanders bags five partners; New York firms boost restructuring teams

Sector Watch: Embracing change: Law firms in no denial over climate crisis
| Sunday, 1 April 2007

A flick through the newspaper on any particular day will yield at least one article dealing with the growing evidence of global climate change, or, as is still the case, a denial of these symptoms

SINGAPORE: Hunton & Williams gets a seat at FTA table
| Sunday, 1 April 2007

Two lawyers from Hunton & Williams have been selected by the Government of Singapore to sit on its FTA (Free Trade Agreement) Panel of Advisors.

Hunton & Williams gets a seat at FTA table
| Friday, 16 March 2007

Two lawyers from Hunton & Williams have been selected by the Government of Singapore to sit on its FTA (Free Trade Agreement) Panel of Advisors.

ALB SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards 2006 - And the finalists are...
| Monday, 1 May 2006

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

GLOBAL - DLA and Orrick slug it out for Coudert partners
| Wednesday, 2 November 2005

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe are slugging it out to take ownership of the recently-disbanded Coudert Brothers' Asia practice

Orrick loses out in Beijing
| Tuesday, 20 September 2005

The ever-acquisitive DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has dealt a blow to rival Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's Asian ambitions by taking the heart of Coudert Brothers' Beijing office from under its nose.

Hunton & Williams raids Coudert carcass
| Wednesday, 7 September 2005

Bangkok-based attorneys Stephen Bennett and Surasak Vajasit are on the move again, this time to US firm Hunton & Williams.

Coudert bows out
| Thursday, 1 September 2005

Global firms are scrambling to cherrypick offices and teams from Coudert Brothers after the global firm bowed out of the legal game.

ALB special Report: Thailand
| Sunday, 1 June 2003

An uncertain future
When law firms first began pouring into Thailand nearly a decade ago, they had no idea the financial crisis of 1997 would make it one of the most lucrative markets in the region.