Even though women today occupy a significant proportion of senior in-house roles, they are less represented in law firm leadership ranks. Female law firm leaders talk about why this is the case, as well as what can be done to address it.
During the first half of 2018, there were 6,484 disclosed M&A deals with Asian involvement amounting to $540.4 billion, representing an increase of 23.5 percent compared to the first half of 2017, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
In the past six months, accounting firms have begun to make their presence felt in the legal markets of Hong Kong and Singapore with a flurry of office openings and poaching of talent. And while the general feeling is that they might take away some…
As one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has made it its mission to improve diversity and inclusion, or D&I, across the firm and Japan’s legal industry. ALB talks to Mari Itoh, a partner at AMT and a founding member of the firm’s D&I committee, about AMT’s D&I initiatives, goals, and challenges.
ALB Asia's Fastest Growing Firms: One Asia Lawyers Group
One Asia Lawyers Group has been recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s fastest-growing firms this year. In this interview with ALB, OAL Managing Partner Tetsuo Kurita shares some of his firm's growth highlights and development strategies.
Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards: Hear From Our Partners
After two years of virtual events, the Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022 made an epic in-person comeback on Sept. 9, bringing around 200 legal professionals and leaders together for the prestigious celebration held concurrently at the Island Shangri-La and the Ritz-Carlton, and connected via livestream.
Before the event, ALB chatted with our event partners to hear their tho…