Hammonds law firm news

Singapore’s oldest law practice Rodyk & Davidson has laterally hired and promoted four lawyers to equity partnership, with the specific aim of gearing up its corporate finance and dispute resolution capabilities for 2011.

The emerging Asian markets, particularly the growing importance of China's economy to the world, lead many international lawyers in the region to believe that Asia is a key driver in recent UK-US law firm mergers.

美国律所翰宇最近与英国律所希文开始就两所跨大西洋合并事宜进行初步商讨。在亚洲工作的一些国际律师普遍认为亚洲的新兴市场，特别是大中华区法律市场的吸引力，是近期英美律所合并的驱动力之一。

Advised by five firms on different jurisdictions, Joyou AG, designer and producer of household sanitary products, has become the first Chinese company to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange this year.

With academic training grounded both in the PRC and from the West, it is the young associates, the "youngers", with their boundless energy and enthusiasm, who are driving cultural change in their law firms.

CEPA shows that the government is serious about opening its legal market to Hong Kong firms, but the liberalisation progress has been regarded as 'too slow and too little' by many. ALB China investigates whether better alternatives exist and if the CEPA framework for the legal sector is now redundant

The big firms were on hand this week as the Abu Dhabi royal family stepped up its interest in acquiring English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester City Football Club (MCFC)

Contract and company law specialist Joe Chen, from the law firm Dingsheng in Chongqing City, is the latest in a long line of fortunate recipients of the China Law Council-managed Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers.

The emerging science of biotechnology meets with the ancient tradition of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, which is determined to use its natural resources to become a world player on the biotech stage. ALB reports

On 1 December Hammonds Hong Kong hosted its third annual gathering to commemorate a few important internal developments.

On 1 December, Hammonds Hong Kong hosted its third annual gathering to commemorate a few important internal developments.

Investment and finance lawyer Anthony Chan has left Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in Hong Kong to become the managing partner of Li Brandt & Co - two years after resigning from Koo & Partners to join the UK firm.

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has opened a Singapore office and installed former Beaumont & Son head and aviation lawyer David Johnston as its head.

Investment and finance lawyer Anthony Chan has left Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in Hong Kong to become the managing partner of Li Brandt & Co - two years after resigning from Koo & Partners to join the UK firm.

There may be a growing number of intellectual property disputes in Hong Kong, but life isn't getting any easier for the region's IP practitioners. With increasing competition from the Mainland, they are having to fight to stay on top. ALB reports

The Hong Kong office of UK firm Hammonds, known as Li Brandt & Co, has announced a change of leadership.