Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has announced that it will match the new “Cravath scale” across its Asia offices, to go with its offices in other parts of the world.

King & Wood Mallesons has expanded its Hong Kong partnership with hire of partners Peter Bullock and Anthony Wan from Pinsent Masons and Chinese firm Llinks Law Offices, respectively.

China’s Grandall Law Firm has opened its 20th and 21st offices in the cities of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and Changsha, capital of Hunan Province.

Canadian law firm Gowlings has agreed to merge with Britain's Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co in a deal that could lead to further international expansion, the two firms have said.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has boosted its Greater China practice with the hiring of Charles Ching as a corporate partner in Shanghai.

King & Wood Mallesons has hired Zili Shao, a former China chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase and a former Asia managing partner of Linklaters, as co-chairman of its China management committee.

The TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono is an initiative of TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service. The TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono looks at how much pro bono work law firms are undertaking on a country-by-country basis around the world and identifies global trends in the pro bono market place.

King & Wood Mallesons will open an office in Singapore after being granted a foreign law practice licence by the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Asian Legal Business (ALB) is proud to present the 2nd annual Guangzhou In-House Legal Summit*, to be held on March 19 in Central Guangzhou.