Piper Alderman has appointed a new partner in its intellectual property and technology team.
Richard Chew joins the firm from King & Wood Mallesons Sydney where he was a senior associate.
His focus is technology law having gained extensive experience in information technology, telecommunications, outsourcing transactions, general commercial and intellectual property commercialisation as a lawyer and also as a member of the IT industry for more than 10 years prior to law.
Japanese law firm TMI Associates has established a strategic alliance with Australia’s Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) marking the first partnership of its kind between major law firms from these two nations.
Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm have established a joint operation office in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ), following approval from the Shanghai Justice Bureau.
Submissions are now open for ALB’s Thailand Firms to Watch 2025. This list will highlight the most promising and innovative law firms in Indonesia that are making a mark in the legal industry. The list will be published in the December 2025 issue of ALB Asia.