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[ALB Insights] Lateral hires 2017: Chinese firms make big strides

BY John Kang |

As the dust settles on all the hiring in Asia last year, one trend is becoming clear – Chinese firms are pulling out all stops when it comes to luring away top legal talent. And this is set to continue in 2018, finds John Kang.
Ashurst launches JO in Shanghai Free Trade Zone with Guantao

BY John Kang |

Ashurst has launched a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone with PRC firm Guantao Law Firm, a widely anticipated move as the two firms first formed their strategic alliance back in 2008.
Overdue Overhaul

BY John Kang |

Since being overtaken by New York and even Shanghai as the world’s top IPO markets, Hong Kong is drastically revamping its stock exchange’s listing rules to attract the hottest – and highest valued – tech companies in China.
Cooley expands in China with Beijing office, recruits Ropes partner

BY John Kang |

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley has opened an office in Beijing, its second in China, and has hired Xun Zeng from Ropes & Gray as its first resident partner.
20 and out: Troutman abruptly announces Asia exit

BY John Kang |

A shock announcement from U.S. law firm Troutman Sanders says that the firm will exit Asia right after it completed two decades in the region and enjoyed a "record year for revenue" in the Hong Kong office.
China’s Han Kun continues to lure talent away from global firms with CC hire

BY John Kang |

Chinese law firm Han Kun Law Offices has hired yet another lawyer from a big-name international outfit after landing partner Yang Tiecheng, who was most recently the head of the China financial regulatory practice at Clifford Chance.
Winston adds disputes partner from Hogan Lovells in Shanghai

BY John Kang |

Winston & Strawn has hired Terence Wong as a dispute resolution partner in the firm’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices from Hogan Lovells.
U.S. IP boutique Brinks first foreign firm to open Shenzhen office

BY John Kang |

Brinks Gilson & Lione, a Chicago-based intellectual property firm, has opened its first office outside the United States in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen – the first foreign firm to do so.
Shanghai: JunHe nabs corporate partner from Kobre & Kim

BY John Kang |

Chinese firm JunHe has hired Jin Xinghui as a corporate partner in the Shanghai office from U.S. disputes boutique Kobre & Kim, where he was a foreign legal consultant in the New York office.
[ALB Insights] Law firms in Hong Kong prepare for influx of OBOR work

BY John Kang |

The top financial centres of the world, especially Hong Kong, are eager to take part in China’s $1 trillion infrastructure investment project. Lawyers tell John Kang what work they’re expecting to do and how they’re preparing.