Baker & McKenzie’s Asia Pacific practice has grown to 342 partners, following two lateral hires and the promotion of 19 lawyers. These promotions were made across six practice groups and eight of the firm’s 14 Asia Pacific offices.
The new additions are project finance lawyer Roy Weitzman and capital markets lawyer Yunlong Gao. Weitzman, who joins the firm from Australian outfit Corrs Chambers Westgarth, will be based in Melbourne. Gao, who has joined the firm from Shearman & Sterling, will be based in Beijing.
The firm’s 19 internal promotions are summarised in the table below:
Office | Lawyer | Practice Area |
Bangkok | Preeda Meksrisuwan | Corporate, M&A and securities |
Chansin Tangburanakij | Intellectual property | |
Paralee Techajongjintana | Dispute resolution | |
Thananan Sangnuan | Corporate, M&A and securities | |
Wanee Visitvudhikul | Corporate, M&A and securities | |
Beijing | Jinghua Liu | Tax |
Manila (member firm Quisumbing Torres) | Donemark Calimon | Dispute resolution |
Eliseo Zuñiga Jr. | Employment | |
Hong Kong | Kwun Yee Cheung | Dispute resolution |
Sally Hung | Banking and finance | |
Christina Lee | Corporate, M&A and securities | |
Isabella Liu | Intellectual property | |
Jakarta (member firm Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners) | Adolf Panggabean | Intellectual property |
Hendronoto Soesabdo | Dispute resolution | |
Shanghai | Victor Gu | Corporate, M&A and securities |
Sydney | Eric Boone | Corporate, M&A and securities |
Paul Forbes | Dispute resolution | |
Taipei | James Hsiao | Corporate, M&A and securities |
Andrew Hsu | Dispute resolution |
