HopgoodGanim has announced it will be moving its Perth premises to the Allendale Square development in mid-December 2013.

South Australia’s Cowell Clarke has announced the appointment of two new special counsel to the firm, part of a expansion involving six new recruits.

New Delhi law firm Singhania & Partners has merged with Mumbai law firm Rajani Associates to form Rajani, Singhania & Partners, a pan-Indian firm with 20 partners, 100 lawyers and offices in four major cities.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed former Austrade CEO and former Australian Ambassador to Japan, Peter Grey, as co-chair of the Corrs Japan Business Group.

King & Wood Mallesons, Slater & Gordon and Ashurst are the top firms in the Asia Pacific for use of social media, a new study has claimed.

Clayton Utz has announced three new partner appointments, effective 1 January 2014.

Gadens in Melbourne has announced the appointment of special counsel Gina Capasso in its workplace & safety team.

Melbourne based Aitken Partners has announced its first office move in 37 years.

Marwan Elaraby, a former capital markets partner at Shearman & Sterling’s New York office, has returned to the firm as its Middle East managing partner after a stint at a private equity fund.

Eversheds has hired Gurmeet Kaur, UAE projects head at Wragge & Co, and named her head of its own Middle East projects team based in Dubai.