Asia

OFFICE LAUNCH

Mishcon de Reya hires two-partner Withers team to open in Singapore

Top 30 UK firm looks east as it targets private client work having recently pulled out of New York

TEAM HIRE

Appointments help bolster firm's disputes team after mass-defection to Drew & Napier last year

REGIONAL ROUND-UP

King & Wood Mallesons and Latham & Watkins also add to the roster of Asia lateral moves with M&A hires

OFFICE CLOSURE

UK top 50 firm joins Orrick in closing its office in Asia's leading legal hub

HUMAN RIGHTS

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

Corporate disputes saw biggest rise at SIAC as cases from India and the Philippines increased

America loses top spot for the first time in almost half a century; expert points to 'dramatic' improvement in China enforcement regime

M&A

Freshfields, Allen & Overy and Cyril Amarchand all improve on 1Q19 performance

BOUTIQUE LAUNCH

Founding partner of Howse Williams Bowers strikes out on his own after 2019 court case

ALLIANCE

London-based challenger firm also hires private client partner Zac Lucas to support Asia expansion