Jessica Seah

Dentons' global chief executive partner Elliott Portnoy said he sees current uncertainty in the market as an opportunity for the firm to expand with new talent, expertise and practices.

Shirin Tang and Lip Kian Ang are jumping to Baker McKenzie, which over the past 18 months has added more than 50 partners in key global financial centers, including Singapore and London.

With the latest departure, MoFo will have seven partners remaining in Hong Kong, none of whom focus on capital markets advisory, according to the firm's website.

Haiwen & Partners, White & Case, Cyril Amarchand, Norton Rose and Dentons Rodyk have all hired new partners.

Chinese law firms are bringing on solid talent, thanks to all the foreign firms in Asia cutting head count, writes Jessica Seah in the Asia Legal Briefing. As global law firm leaders continue to take steps that exacerbate the downward spiral of their Asia offices, what will the competitive landscape in Asia look like?

The firm joins a long line of American law firms that have closed offices in China over the past 18 months.

The government-backed upgraded legal research tool, LawNet AI, contains a huge repository of content and is designed to help lawyers in the city-state do research more efficiently.

More than half of the firms that make up the China 45 have seen gross revenue decline in 2023.

The majority of the 50 largest law firms in the region are based in mainland China.

The fines and business suspension marks the most severe action taken against any accounting firm by Chinese regulators.