legal services

Investment banks: sheep or shepherd?

Herd-like banks pay up to twice as much as they need to for contract management, write Kirsty Dougan and Serena Wallace-Turner, co-general managers at Axiom Asia. It is time to change.

By Axiom Asia

Freshfields re-opens in Singapore after five-year absence

The law firm is moving into offices alongside its former Singapore joint-venture partner as it strives to meet demand in Asean.

September 12, 2012

International law firms set to open in Korea

Three foreign law firms have won approval to open offices in Seoul as a result of free trade deals signed last year with the EU and US.

July 18, 2012

Cadwalader hires three-partner capital markets team from Jones Day

Joseph Lee, Jeffrey Maddox and David Neuville join US law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to build capital markets practice.

May 08, 2012

Delivering joined-up advice in a disjointed market

Bankers, lawyers and professional services advisers from across Asia discuss how to deliver greater value at the Baker & McKenzie Asia-Pacific meeting in Ho Chi Minh City.

March 16, 2012

King & Wood to create legal alliance with Mallesons

China’s investment into Australia is extending into legal services as the countries’ two biggest law firms agree to join forces.

December 18, 2011

Ogier expands to the Middle East and Japan

The offshore legal services firm opens its first Gulf office in Bahrain and hires Skip Hashimoto from a rival to head up its new offices in Tokyo.

October 29, 2008