Tag: New York
O’Melveny & Myers boosts cross-border capabilities in Asia
O’Melveny hires John Curran as Corporate Finance Partner in Singapore to expand Asia presence
Han Kun NY hires cross-border dispute specialist
Han Kun appoints Christine Kang as partner in New York; she specialises in cross-border dispute resolution
Korean firm Daeryun to open first overseas office in New York
Daeryun, which is a Korean law firm established in 2018, has chosen New York as its first overseas office outside South Korea
Gibson Dunn grows financial regulatory team with new hire
Gibson Dunn has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in Singapore
Baker McKenzie KLP JV adds arbitration veteran in Seoul
Baker McKenzie KLP JV has added arbitration veteran Sean Sung Woo Lim as a partner in Seoul
Han Kun NY adds capital markets partner
Han Kun Law Offices has added partner Steve Lin to enhance its capital markets team
Shin & Kim adds financial regulatory expert
Shin & Kim bolstered its financial regulatory team by adding new partner Seongkoo Cheong, a South Korean derivatives regulations expert
O’Melveny helps SK invest in ammonia energy startup
O’Melveny assisted SK Innovation, an intermediate holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, in its USD30 million investment in Amogy, a US company specialising in ammonia-based fuel cell systems
HKIAC’s appointments chair pushes for expanding talent pool
Welcoming Hong Kong's proposals to reform the arbitration fee structure Yang Ing Loong, a council member of the HKIAC and chair of its appointments committee, suggested the next step should be to “enlarge the pool of qualified arbitrators”
Little to fear in Chinese regulator’s handling of US move
A consultation document released by China’s securities watchdog potentially removes a key hurdle for US regulators to gain full access to the auditing reports of Chinese companies listed in New York
White & Case assists Lotte’s pharma expansion in US
South Korea’s Lotte Corporation has agreed to acquire Bristol Myers Squibb’s East Syracuse, New York, pharmaceutical manufacturing facility
Banking lawyer joins DLA Piper in Hong Kong
DLA Piper has strengthened its finance, projects and restructuring practice in Hong Kong with the hiring of banking and finance lawyer Crystal Chen as a partner
Freshfields adds capital markets partner in HK
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Howie Farn as a partner in its global transactions group in Hong Kong. Farn joined from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a capital markets partner focusing on US securities transactions
Investigation specialist bolsters Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co strengthened its regulatory and investigations offering with the hire of Tan Weiyi as a partner in Singapore. Tan joined from Singapore’s law firm Harry Elias Partnership where she was a partner for more than two years
Baker & McKenzie promotes six, adds Gao
Baker & McKenzie appointed six new partners across China and welcomed another from Shearman & Sterling
