Hong Kong’s PC Woo welcomes back litigator in leadership role
Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow (L), who returns after a one-year stint at the offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm.
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Links HK partner becomes MoFo's 2nd Asia PE hire in days
U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week.
SG: MoFo welcomes back PE heavyweight from Gibson Dunn
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
JSA welcomes IndusLaw banking partner in second hire of 2025
JSA Advocates & Solicitors has bolted right out of the hiring gate for 2025 with the addition of its second new partner hire of the year, as Pritha Chatterjee moves from IndusLaw as a retained partner in its banking and finance practice.
SG: Gibson Dunn poaches financial regulatory partner from Reed Smith
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in its financial regulatory practice group in Singapore from Reed Smith, where he had been a partner since 2022.
HK: CFN Lawyers makes second partner hire in matter of weeks
Hong Kong law firm CFN Lawyers has continued to strengthen its team with the addition of corporate partner Patrick Wong, who joins from U.S. firm Reed Smith.
HK: Han Kun picks off another intl firm partner with hire from Ashurst
PRC law firm Han Kun Law Offices has bolstered its corporate practice in Hong Kong after hiring seasoned M&A lawyer Melody He as a partner from Ashurst.
MoFo Singapore corporate partner to head CMS’ Asia M&A practice
Anglo-German law firm CMS has hired Steven Tran, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore-based corporate practice, as a partner in Hong Kong to oversee M&A and private equity transactions across Asia.
Trilegal counsel becomes JSA’s first partner hire in 2025
Indian law firm JSA Advocates & Solicitors has continued its market-leading expansion from 2024 with the addition of Trilegal counsel Shringarika Priyadarshini as a retained partner in its Gurugram-based corporate practice.
Links lifer joins Simmons as HK securitisation, derivatives head
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Karen Lam as a partner and head of its Hong Kong securitisation and derivatives practice China from Magic Circle firm Linklaters, where she spent the entirety of her two-decade-long career.