In this news update, it shows the latest moves within the legal industry.
Hong Kong / China
PRC law firm Haiwen & Partners has grown its Hong Kong office after hiring capital markets experts Fan Chaobo and Crystal Liu as partners from Paul Hastings. (ALB, 13 Oct 2025)
The PRC’s Tian Yuan Law Firm has hired litigation expert Dantes Leung as a partner in its Hong Kong office from local outfit Oldham Li & Nie (OLN). (ALB, 15 Oct 2025)
Zhong Lun Law Firm has continued its streak of poaching lawyers from international firms in Hong Kong with the hire of Wu Hao and Renee Xiong as partners from Clifford Chance and Sidley Austin, respectively. (ALB, 15 Oct 2025)
Hong Kong law firm Hugill & Ip has hired Polly Chu as a partner international firm Withers to lead the launch of a new real estate and conveyancing practice, marking a strategic expansion of its service offerings. (ALB, 24 Oct 2025)
Singapore
Singapore law firm CNPLaw has appointed William Wan, a lawyer with five decades of experience in litigation and mediation, as a partner. (ALB, 6 Oct 2025)
U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has doubled the shareholder count at its Singapore office to 10 with the addition of six lawyers from Simmons & Simmons, White & Case and Ashurst, including Jek Aun Long, Simmons’ Asia funds head. (ALB, 9 Oct 2025)
Bird & Bird has bolstered its real estate offering in Singapore with the addition of Andrew MacGeoch, who joins as partner and co-head of the firm’s APAC hotels, hospitality and leisure group from the shuttered local office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. (ALB, 13 Oct 2025)
U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has added one more partner to its growing Singapore office, welcoming M&A specialist Azlan Mohamed Noh as a shareholder from Baker McKenzie, where he was a local principal. (ALB, 16 Oct 2025)
U.S. law firm O’Melveny & Myers has added debt finance expert John Curran as a partner in Singapore from the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis. (ALB, 21 Oct 2025)
International law firm RPC has hired intellectual property and technology specialist Jeremiah Chew as a partner in its Singapore office from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a counsel. (ALB, 28 Oct 2025)
Singapore law firm TSMP Law Corporation has appointed Harsharan Kaur as a director, bringing on board an accomplished investigations lawyer who spent eight years leading high-profile enforcement cases at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). (ALB, 30 Oct 2025)
