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Skadden opens in Seoul

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has opened an office in Seoul, its 23rd office worldwide and seventh in the Asia Pacific region.
HWB adds 2 new partners in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Howse Williams Bowers has hired family law expert Stacey Devoy and disputes lawyer Alison Scott as partners in Hong Kong.
Loeb & Loeb’s HK affiliate hires cap markets partner

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Loeb & Loeb’s Hong Kong associate firm, Pang & Co., has hired Jae Chul Lee as a partner in the firm’s capital markets group.
K&L Gates appoints HK/Tokyo finance partner

BY Kanishk Verghese |

K&L Gates has hired Philip Hyde from Hogan Lovells as a partner in the firm’s finance practice.
Yulchon hires ex-IP judge

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Yulchon has bolstered its intellectual property practice with the appointment of former IP judge Dong Soo Han as a partner in Seoul.
Yoon & Yang brings chief prosecutor on board

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Korean law firm Yoon & Yang has strengthened its criminal practice with the hire of former chief prosecutor Young Kon Cho as a partner in Seoul.
Harneys to open in Singapore

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Offshore law firm Harneys is growing its Asian presence with the launch of an office in Singapore, its seventh worldwide and second in the region.
3 ex-judges join BKL in Seoul

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Bae, Kim & Lee has strengthened its Seoul office with the addition of three partners, Taeck Soo Kwon, Joo Hyae Jun and Il Yeon Kim, all of whom are former judges.
BLP hires finance partner in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired structured asset finance expert Nigel Ward as a partner in Hong Kong.
STB, CC star in Tyco’s $1.93 bln Korea unit sale

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Clifford Chance, Kim & Chang and Lee & Ko have scored advisory roles on Tyco International’s sale of its South Korean security business, ADT Korea, to private equity firm Carlyle Group for $1.93 billion.