In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong
London-headquartered Ashurst has hired restructuring and insolvency expert Lance Jiang as a partner in Hong Kong from Addleshaw Goddard, which recently closed its office in the Chinese city. (ALB, 5 Dec 2022)
DLA Piper has hired banking expert Trinh Hoang as a partner in Hong Kong from Linklaters, the office’s fourth new partner in the past 12 months. (ALB, 6 Dec 2022)
Insurance disputes lawyer Suraphon Rittipongponchusit, a former partner at Kennedys and DLA Piper, has joined the Bangkok firm Siam Premier International Law Office as a senior consultant. (ALB, 13 Dec 2022)
Baker McKenzie has hired employment law expert Tess Lumsdaine as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Herbert Smith Freehills, where she was counsel. (ALB, 10 Jan 2023)
DLA Piper has hired M&A expert Xin Fang as a partner in its Hong Kong corporate practice from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel. (ALB, 11 Jan 2023)
U.S. law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired employment law specialist Kathryn Weaver as a partner in Hong Kong from Lewis Silkin, where she was the head of the office in the SAR. (ALB, 11 Jan 2023)
Singapore
King & Spalding has hired investigations and white-collar crime expert Richard Sharpe as a partner in Singapore. Sharpe joins from the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis. (ALB, 1 Dec 2022)
Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and M&A specialist Steven Tran as a partner in Singapore from Mayer Brown. (ALB, 3 Jan 2023)
UK law firm Kennedys has recruited corporate and capital market specialist Robson Lee as a partner in Singapore. He was previously a global equity partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher for seven years. (ALB, 12 Jan 2023)
U.K. law firm Watson Farley & Williams has hired Kunal Kapoor as a partner in its energy practice in Singapore from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson, where he co-headed the international energy and infrastructure practice. (ALB, 17 Jan 2023)
Magic Circle law firm Linklaters has hired financial regulatory specialist Evan Lam as a partner in Singapore from Ashurst, where he headed that practice. (ALB, 17 Jan 2023)
K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has hired disputes professional Joan Lim-Casanova as a partner in Singapore from Cavenagh Law, the Singapore formal law alliance firm of Clifford Chance. (ALB, 19 Jan 2023)
