The COVID-19 pandemic may have irreversibly upended workplace dynamics by relegating in-office work to an option for many employees, and law firms are not insulated from the evolving trend. Leaders share with ALB how they respond to this paradigm shift by nurturing an “ownership mentality” among the up-and-coming generation of talent and cultivating workplace allegiance in the post-pandemic era.

UK law firm RPC has hired Charles Allen as a partner in Hong Kong from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he headed the commercial litigation and international arbitration practice in the city.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Charles Allen as litigation and dispute resolution partner in Hong Kong from Sidley Austin, where he led the firm’s commercial litigation practice.