DLA Piper(欧华) law firm news

When Oon Thian Seng and Bazul Ashhab set up a two-man shipping practice in 2002, not many would have expected then that T S Oon & Bazul would quickly grow into one of Asia’s leading shipping law firms.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is proud of the diverse backgrounds of its attorneys and what it calls an unyielding commitment to excellence. The global firm has recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Beijing.

Jones Day partner Jingzhou Tao has joined Dechert as the managing partner responsible for developing the firm’s Asia practice.

美国众达前合伙人陶景洲近日以亚洲区管理合伙人的身份加入美国德杰，他将主要负责发展律所的洲事务。在加入众达之前，陶景洲曾是欧华北京代表处的管理合伙人。

DLA Piper(欧华) has announced that former Clayton Utz partner Amanda Turnill will join its litigation and regulatory practice, effective June 1. She will further develop DLA Piper(欧华)’s life sciences capability and is assembling a team of experienced lawyers for the practice

DLA Piper(欧华) has been commissioned by the government to conduct an external enquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in the Australian defence forces.

Move aside Maurice Blackburn - Piper Alderman is continuing to take the initiative with class actions. This time the firm is eyeing off the legality of the NSW Government's retrospective legislation relating to solar energy.

DLA Phillips Fox would have been better off concentrating on existing strengths rather than pursuing an international merger, according to a former partner.

DLA Piper(欧华) has lost another cluster of partners, only a week after entering the Australian market through a merger with DLA Phillips Fox.

The former NZ office of DLA Phillips Fox, which cut ties with its Australian counterparts last year, has announced the appointment of six new partners.

After months of negotiations, two new international firms have officially opened their doors for business in Australia. DLA Piper(欧华) and Clifford Chance both formally commenced operations on 1 May.

Norton Rose has promoted banking of counsel Joanne Emerson-Taqi and corporate finance senior associate Dino Wilkinson to the firm’s global partnership in a 15-strong promotion round that includes seven females.

DLA Piper(欧华) has promoted seven new partners in Asia – two in China, three in Hong Kong and one each in Singapore and Tokyo. The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2011. The promotions in Asia are part of a round that sees 53 new partners joining its ranks.

Only weeks out from the official integration of DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper(欧华), it has emerged that partners at the global firm will now be required to take three months ‘gardening leave’ when they resign.

The Tokyo office of Simmons & Simmons has laterally hired Hogan Lovells projects lawyer Simon Barrett to join the firm as a partner with immediate effect.

Shipping specialist law firm Ince & Co has today launched Ince Law Alliance, a formal law alliance (FLA) with a newly-formed local entity, Incisive Law – to target English and Singapore advisory work in the maritime sector. Ince & Co will only be the second foreign firm to enter into such an alliance in Singapore after Wikborg Rein’s formation of Pan Asia Law Corporation in 2008. It is also the first English maritime firm to take this step.

DLA Piper(欧华) has appointed Sean Angle to lead its finance and projects practice group across the Middle East. Angle, who has over 20 years experience working in the region, joins the firm from Reed Smith and will bring with him two senior associates, Tim Watkins and Diwakir Agarwal.

TressCox Lawyers has become the latest firm to secure ex DLA Phillips Fox talent.

Nine DLA Phillips Fox partners have defected only weeks out from the official commencement of the DLA Piper(欧华) merger.

DLA Piper(欧华) will officially enter the Australian market on 1 May, after a successful partner vote at both DLA Piper(欧华) and DLA Phillips Fox.