<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Legal Business Online - Legal news, deals, jobs + events</title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com</link> <description>Welcome to Legal Business Online - the site for  legal news, deals, jobs, events and awards</description> <copyright>Copyright (C) 2010</copyright><ttl>5</ttl> <item> <title><![CDATA[Eversheds marches toward 50-lawyer target with HK partner hire]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eversheds-marches-toward-50-lawyer-target-with-hk-partner-hire/49269</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eversheds-marches-toward-50-lawyer-target-with-hk-partner-hire/49269</guid> <description><![CDATA[International firm Eversheds is one step closer to its goal of a 50-lawyer-strong Hong Kong office by 2011 -- with the addition of Slaughter and May veteran partner litigator Mark Yeadon. ]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[DLA Piper bleeds yet another – to Pinsents]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/dla-piper-bleeds-yet-another-to-pinsents/49268</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/dla-piper-bleeds-yet-another-to-pinsents/49268</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pinsent Masons has strengthened its banking &amp; finance offering in the Gulf with the appointment of Islamic finance senior lawyer Amir Ahmad.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Tokyo: Bakers M&amp;A partner returns from Cairo ]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/tokyo-bakers-manda-partner-returns-from-cairo/49262</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/tokyo-bakers-manda-partner-returns-from-cairo/49262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Baker &amp; McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office has welcomed home one of its own after a five-year hiatus – and promoted her to lead a team of attorneys specialising in cross-border mergers and acquisitions between Japan, and the Middle East and North Africa regions. ]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Al Tamimi survives Jumeirah panel slashing]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/al-tamimi-survives-jumeirah-panel-slashing/49212</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/al-tamimi-survives-jumeirah-panel-slashing/49212</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jumeirah chief legal officer and general counsel Robert Swade has ruthlessly culled the group’s legal panel from 12 firms to five this year – with Al Tamimi, Mayer Brown, Clyde &amp; Co and Pinsent Masons the only firms out of the original 12 to survive unscathed.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Maples and Calder poaches Harney’s Hong Kong head to strengthen BVI practice]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/maples-and-calder-poaches-harneys-hong-kong-head-to-strengthen-bvi-practice/49213</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/maples-and-calder-poaches-harneys-hong-kong-head-to-strengthen-bvi-practice/49213</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maples and Calder has laterally hired Harney Westwood &amp; Riegels’ head of Hong Kong office to co-lead the firm’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) practice in Asia.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:39:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Tokyo: Baker &amp; McKenzie appoints ex-ministry of foreign affairs official as counsel ]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/tokyo-baker-and-mckenzie-appoints-ex-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-official-as-counsel/49191</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/tokyo-baker-and-mckenzie-appoints-ex-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-official-as-counsel/49191</guid> <description><![CDATA[Baker &amp; McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office has hired Japanese ministry of foreign affairs senior official Junko Suetomi as counsel – to expand its cross-border dispute resolution capabilities with an “insider’s” viewpoint. ]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Star Drew &amp; Napier partner quits for WongPartnership]]></title> <link>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/star-drew-and-napier-partner-quits-for-wongpartnership/49181</link> <guid>http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/star-drew-and-napier-partner-quits-for-wongpartnership/49181</guid> <description><![CDATA[In one of the most high-profile lateral moves in recent times, Manoj Sandrasegara has left Drew &amp; Napier for rival firm WongPartnership. He will lead WongPartnership’s insolvency &amp; restructuring practice group alongside current heads Chou Sean Yu and Mark Choy.

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