Squire Sanders has announced the arrival of corporate and technology partner, Richard Horton, who has joined the firm from DLA Piper in the US. Horton will be resident in both the Sydney and Silicon Valley offices and his arrival coincides with Squire Sanders’ move to new permanent premises in Sydney, located in the Gateway building.
Horton is an experienced, dual-qualified US and Australian attorney. His clients have included Yahoo!, Boeing Energy, Cisco, Kmart and Telstra.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP won the Insurance Law Firm of the Year award at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2024, apart from being the sponsor of the Insurance In-House Team of the Year award. Edwin Northover, Asia-based corporate partner and head of the firm’s financial institutions and corporate practices in Asia, talks about the firm's recent achievements, trends in the insurance industry, and future outlook for insurance law in Hong Kong.
U.S. law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and global legal giant Herbert Smith Freehills are planning to merge to create a firm with more than 2,700 lawyers, according to a joint statement on Monday.
Japanese boutique Tokyo International Law Office (TKI) is set to establish its first overseas outpost with the opening of a Singapore office in January 2025, marking a significant milestone in the rapidly expanding firm's global strategy.