Latham Watkins has announced that Mitchell Stocks will be the firm's new office managing partner in Hong Kong, while Mark Nelson will be office managing partner in Singapore. The two existing partners are taking over the duties of Joe Bevash who ran both offices. Bevash was most recently involved in the integration of the firm's new Paris office but is now returning to Latham Watkins' San Diego office.
Latham Watkins has been in Asia since 1986 and Hong Kong since 1994 primarily focusing on project finance work, although the firm is keen to continue expanding into other practice areas. These include MA, capital markets and technology.
Under Joe's direction our Hong Kong and Singapore...