Lovells law firm news

ACE Insurance has appointed Jon Downes as its new General Counsel for Australia & New Zealand.

Baker & McKenzie, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Walkers, Hogan Lovells, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Thorp Alberga have all played a role in advising on the joint acquisition of Tongjitang Chinese Medical Company in a transaction that “opens the door for Cayman-incorporated companies that may be seeking a more flexible procedure for US delisting and going private.”

Following an exhaustive research process involving a record number of submissions from law firms and in-house legal departments this year, ALB is proud to announce the finalists for the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2011, the most important event on SE Asia's legal calendar.

The Tokyo office of Simmons & Simmons has laterally hired Hogan Lovells projects lawyer Simon Barrett to join the firm as a partner with immediate effect.

London-based Hogan Lovells senior partner Andrew Carey will relocate to Singapore in April 2011 as part of the firm’s expansionist push to further develop its capital markets capabilities in the region.

Eight law firms across the country have exposed their environmental report card to the world in the inaugural Environmental Consumption of AusLSA Members report 2009/2010.

继重量级合伙人吕立山离开锦天城加盟中伦后，另一高级合伙人易芳也带领其6人团队离开锦天城，并加盟君合上海办公室。易芳将担任上海君合基础设施和银行金融部门合伙人。

A milestone LNG project between the world’s largest LNG buyer, Kogas; Japan’s largest trading house, Mitsubishi Corporation; and Indonesia’s largest private sector energy company, Medco Energi Internasional, marks the first-ever joint venture partnership between Korea, Japan and Indonesia on an LNG project. Hogan Lovells; Widyawan & Partners; Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith and its Indonesian ally, Hiswara, Bujamin & Tanjung (HBT), have all played roles on the deal which itself was six years the making.

Zhong Lun has secured the services of high-profile lawyer Yongjun Peter Ni to develop its tax practice. Ni, who joins Zhong Lun as head of the firm’s tax group, comes from White & Case where was most recently head of the US firm’s greater China tax practice.

中伦日前聘得著名律师倪勇军为其税法业务主管合伙人，协助其提升税法业务的国际化服务水准。倪勇军之前担任原美国伟凯大中华区税法业务主管。

Well informed law firms around the Asia-Pacific are keeping a close eye on Clifford Chance and Microsoft’s recently announced business relationship – to develop a document management system (DMS) based on the latter’s SharePoint suite of products.

Following a rough few months during which it has lost not only two key firm alliances but also significant numbers of lawyers, Indian firm AZB & Partners has been highly active on the recruitment front.

Norton Rose, Minter Ellison and Allen & Gledhill have advised on the loan facilities granted to fund the acquisition of Australian sugar producer Sucrogen (formerly CSR's sugar and renewable energy business) by Wilmar International, one of the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

White & Case has appointed Ken Hawkes as a partner in its Singapore office. Hawkes, who will join the firm’s global project finance practice, joins from Hogan Lovells where he was head of the firm’s banking and finance practice in Singapore.

After spending nine months at Hogan Lovells' Beijing office as of counsel, IP law veteran Clifford Borg-Marks has joined Bird & Bird as special counsel.

知识产权领域资深律师Clifford Borg-Marks，近日与两位律师一起离开霍金路伟转投鸿鹄律师事务所。

Australian firm Minter Ellison has significantly increased its partner ranks in Hong Kong with a triple partner lateral hire from US firm Jones Day. Barbara Mok, Anne Ko and Katherine U, all capital markets and M&A lawyers, will join the firm in the new year increasing the total number of partners in its Hong Kong office to nine.

澳大利亚律所铭德律师事务所近日聘请了三位前任美国众达律师事务所的律师加盟该所担任合伙人。

Minter Ellison has made a pre-New Year swoop on three Jones Day partners in Hong Kong.

Amidst the turmoil of 31 international firms being sued for practising illegally in India, Clifford Chance joined the growing ranks of firms making India-relevant hires in Singapore as it appointed Geraint Hughes, 43, as head of its India practice.