Thailand’s Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor has appointed James Lawden as a senior counsel. Lawden, previously a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Bangkok, London and Tokyo offices, recently retired from that firm after 36 years.
Lawden has represented clients in Asia for over two decades, and his expertise includes M&A, joint ventures, as well as finance and capital markets.
One Essex Court, a commercial set of barristers' chambers in London, has announced that Paul Tan, former partner and head of arbitration for Asia at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has joined its ranks as an international counsel and arbitrator.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has hired international arbitration expert Rob Palmer as a partner from rival Ashurst to boost its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has strengthened its Hong Kong funds practice with the hire of Helen Wang as a partner from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel.