TAGlaw, an international alliance of independent law firms, has added eight new firms globally, including Thailand’s Silk Legal.
The new additions take TAGLaw’s membership to 157 firms, spanning 389 offices in 90 countries. The firms have more than 10,000 lawyers.
The other firms added include Avid.legal Limited and Meredith Connell in New Zealand, and Legalmax, an IP law firm in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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.