Deacons law firm news

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Linklaters’ counsel Howard Lam to join the firm as partner.

Publicly-listed oil & gas services company Clough has appointed Nabarro Singapore to its legal panel as its key Asian counsel – an appointment which is the result of partner Glen Cheng’s prior relationship with the company.

The continued growth of the Australian economy has forced Norton Rose to reconsider its original intentions in the region.

Norton Rose Australia has boosted its Australian IP practice with the appointment of Sydney IP partner Jackie O’Brien, who joins from Allens Arthur Robinson.

Lex Mundi has welcomed five new members to its Client Advisory Council, bringing the current total to 12.

Is this the start of a brave new era in the Australian legal services market, or just a rebranding of two existing players?

Competition in the Australian legal market is set to intensify with the announcement that UK’s largest firm Clifford Chance is moving in.

Regional firm DFDL Mekong has told ALB that it is expecting to convert its representative office license in Singapore to a fully-fledge foreign law practice (FLP) license this month, pending approval from the Ministry of Law. It plans to launch its Singapore office by early January 2011.

For the first time, foreign, Hong Kong and Macau lawyers who are working in their firms’ Shanghai representative offices may be given the opportunity to join the Shanghai Bar Association (SBA).

外国律师事务所驻沪代表机构及代表、港澳等地区律师事务所驻沪代表机构及代表将有机会成为上海律师协会会员，并享有和上海律师同样的权利，比如参加各种律协举办的法律培训班和上海律师代表大会。

Hong Kong, home to many successful business empires and the long-established international financial centre on China's door step, is regarded by the rapidly growing mainland high-net-worth community as the preferred location to operate and manage their wealth.

随着国内富裕阶层不断快速壮大，财富管理正成为一项新兴法律服务业务。同时，香港也正在成为国内富裕家族和个人进行投资、理财、以及"家族办公室"设立和管理等经济活动的首选之地。

Norton Rose Group has again launched a targeted attack on the minerals and resource sector, announcing today that two firms, one in Canada and one in South Africa, had joined its fold.

Asia will undergo infrastructure and arbitration booms in the next ten years and the expanding market has room to accommodate more foreign law practices.

Senior associate Nicola Davis of Norton Rose’s Singapore banking team has been promoted to of counsel specialising in energy and infrastructure projects, primarily international project finance.

Over 8,000 IP lawyers from all over the world attended the132nd annual conference hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Boston recently. For a regular attendee like King & Wood patent partner Shi Yusheng, what becomes immediately noticeable is the growing number of legal representatives from Chinese firms.

With less than two months to go before the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010, the race for the best trophy haul of the night is intensifying, and five firms are finalists in more than ten categories apiece.

Norton Rose has bumped up the total number of partners it has operating in Asia to 46, with the relocation of London-based partner Davide Barzilai to its Hong Kong office.

A hundred children in the earthquake ravaged region of Guangyang City in Sichuan have now been provided with a chance of education at the newly built Norton Rose Hope School.

由国际律师事务所诺顿罗氏集团捐建的，四川省广元市诺顿罗氏希望小学近日正式成立。