Zhong Lun’s London office has gone through a restructuring and become an alternative business structure, as the Chinese firm seeks more flexibility for its future growth in the UK. Zhong Lun’s London office has recently gained the approval for an ABS licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. London managing partner Xue Haibin noted that the […]
Clifford Chance has preferred to grow its Hong Kong cohort organically.
US firms Locke Lord and Vinson & Elkins have become the latest international firms to close their base in Hong Kong following a difficult year. Locke Lord’s decision to close its Hong Kong office comes a year after its Hong Kong managing partner Wing Cheung left for Holman Fenwick Willan in November 2019. In the […]
Stephenson Harwood’s Hong Kong office has seen two more corporate partners leaving, including former Greater China managing partner Voon Keat Lai. Lai will join newly established Hong Kong firm MB Kemp with fellow corporate partner Ivy Wong, who was made up at Stephenson Harwood in 2018. The two partners will rejoin former Stephenson Harwood colleagues […]
Stephenson Harwood’s former Hong Kong senior partner has launched a new litigation-focused boutique, alongside two other lawyers from the UK firm’s office in the region. The new firm M B Kemp has been established by veteran litigation partners Malcolm Kemp and Yeeling Wan. Kemp was previously the senior partner of Stephenson Harwood’s Hong Kong office […]
New security laws and a US-China trade war mean Western players will have to change the way their do business to compete with the PRC heavyweights
Watson Farley & Williams’ co-managing partner Chris Lowe is to relocate to Hong Kong this month, to take advantage of opportunities arising out of the region. Lowe first took on management duties at the end of 2013 when he replaced Michael Greville along with fellow co-head Lothar Wegener, based in London. The firm’s former maritime […]