TEAM HIRE
RPC Singapore joint venture hires trio of partners from Bird & Bird
Appointments help bolster firm's disputes team after mass-defection to Drew & Napier last year
Asia
REGIONAL ROUND-UP
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Asia round-up: Withers grows arbitration in Hong Kong while Ashurst targets Singapore funds work
King & Wood Mallesons and Latham & Watkins also add to the roster of Asia lateral moves with M&A hires
OFFICE CLOSURE
Osborne Clarke to pull out of Hong Kong in face of 'disruption and uncertainty'
UK top 50 firm joins Orrick in closing its office in Asia's leading legal hub
HUMAN RIGHTS
IBA condemns arrests of top Hong Kong barristers over 2019 pro-democracy protests
Barristers Martin Lee QC and Dr Margaret Ng were last year awarded the IBA's Human Rights Award for defending the rule of law
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Singapore's global dispute resolution reputation grows as arbitration cases hit record in 2019
Corporate disputes saw biggest rise at SIAC as cases from India and the Philippines increased
IP
IP rights gain traction in China as it supplants US as the world's most active WIPO patent filer
America loses top spot for the first time in almost half a century; expert points to 'dramatic' improvement in China enforcement regime
M&A
Asia Pacific M&A slowdown fails to derail region's top deal advisers
Freshfields, Allen & Overy and Cyril Amarchand all improve on 1Q19 performance
BOUTIQUE LAUNCH
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Leading Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Bowers launches boutique
Founding partner of Howse Williams Bowers strikes out on his own after 2019 court case
ALLIANCE
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UK firm McCarthy Denning allies with Singapore boutique ArrowGates
London-based challenger firm also hires private client partner Zac Lucas to support Asia expansion
OFFICE CLOSURE
Orrick pulls out of Hong Kong after conceding defeat on tech growth strategy
Four-partner office is to be wound down; firm pledges continued investment in other Asia markets