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People & Places
Gaurav Sahay Joins HSA Advocates In Bangalore As Partner
31 May 2019Gaurav Sahay has joined HSA Advocates in Bangalore as a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Eatablishes India’s First Legal Tech Incubator, Prarambh
31 May 2019Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), has set up India’s first legal tech incubator, Prarambh. Prarambh will work with young entrepreneurs to come up with new technology-based solutions for the legal industry.
Remfry & Sagar Has Multiple Promotions
31 May 2019Multiple promotions at Remfry & Sagar, including Deepak Lamba (pictured).
Crowell & Moring Expands With Four Lawyers
30 April 2019Crowell & Moring is broadening its ability to help multinational clients navigate global expansion and regulatory compliance in China and the Asia Pacific by adding four international trade and global employment lawyers: partners Nicole J. Simonian a...
Khaitan & Co Promotes 13 Lawyers
30 April 2019Khaitan & Co has promoted 11 principal associates to partners and two principal associates to counsel, effective April 1, 2019, across the firm’s offices in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. Of the 11 new partners, six are women, including Sm...
David Case Forms His Own Firm, Asia Pacific Law
30 April 2019David Case, a long-time US lawyer working in Japan, has left Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to form his own firm, Asia Pacific Law, to advise and assist clients in Japan and the US with their intellectual property, commercial transactions, venture ca...
Patrick Ang Becomes Managing Partner Of Rajah & Tann In Singapore
30 April 2019Rajah & Tann Singapore has announced that the firm’s deputy managing partner, Patrick Ang (right), will take over from Senior Counsel Eng Beng Lee (left) as managing partner with effect from March 31. Lee hands over the reins after nine years at the...
Simone Mitchell And Nigel Lokan Join MinterEllison As Partners
30 April 2019Simone Mitchell and Nigel Lokan (picture above) have joined MinterEllison as partners in the firm’s growing IP practice. They will both be based in the firm’s Sydney office; prior to joining MinterEllison, Mitchell and Lokan were both partners at K&L...
Jerry Xia Joins AnJie As Partner In Shanghai
29 March 2019Jerry Xia (also known as Xia Feng) has joined AnJie’s Shanghai office, where he will be a partner. Xia’s extensive IP and technology transactional experience will enhance the firm’s capability in IP litigation and enforcement, trade secret protection...
Tina Tai Named Partner In King & Wood Mallesons Beijing
29 March 2019Tina Tai has been named partner in the Beijing office of King & Wood Mallesons. Tai, an experienced patent attorney, focuses on pharmaceutical chemistry and polymer chemistry. She represented Pfizer as the lead counsel in an administrative litigation...
Cooley Is Launching In Hong Kong
29 March 2019Cooley has announced plans to launch in Hong Kong. Following on the success of the firm’s Shanghai office, which opened in 2011, Cooley expanded its Asia-Pacific presence with its launch in Beijing in 2018. The firm represents many of Asia’s key tech...
Khin Leinmar Ban Aye (Lein Lein) Promoted To Partner At Kelvin Chia Partnership Yangon
29 March 2019Khin Leinmar Ban Aye (Lein Lein) has been promoted to partner at Kelvin Chia Partnership Yangon. She has been with the firm since 2006, and is the first Myanmar lawyer to be invited to the partnership.
Earl Gray Becomes Independent Barrister Affiliated With Sangro Chambers In Auckland
29 March 2019Earl Gray has left Simpson Grierson and has become an independent barrister affiliated with Sangro Chambers in Auckland, where he specializes in disputes and advisory covering all aspects of intellectual property, and related fields such as sales and...
Arnold & Porter Is Launching In Seoul
29 March 2019Arnold & Porter has announced that it has been granted a license by the South Korean Ministry of Justice to open an office in Seoul. The new office is expected to enhance the firm’s ability to serve its Korean clients, including with respect to cross...
Simon Roberts And Jason Leonard Join New York Office Of Hogan Lovells As Partners
29 March 2019Simon Roberts and Jason Leonard have joined the New York office of Hogan Lovells as partners in the firm’s intellectual property, media and technology practice. Previously, they were partners at Venable and Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto.
