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A real estate and regulatory disputes lawyer has traded Clayton Utz for the Melbourne office of the still-new UK-US tie-up, while Malaysian firm Azmi & Associates has hired a general commercial and shariah law litigator. The round-up kicks off in Australia, where Ashurst Perkins Coie (APC) – formed in June by the merger of London firm Ashurst and US counterpart Perkins Coie – has hired JK Muckersie from Clayton Utz in Melbourne, augmenting its commercial, real estate and regulatory di

BSA Law's Asma Siddiqui and Ahmed Labib highlight a rule created by Dubai's highest court, which can provide a high degree of protection to investors in off-plan property developments.

Robert Rhoda has left Dentons in Hong Kong for Mishcon de Reya, relocating to London in the process. Mishcon de Reya has recruited Robert Rhoda as a partner in its London disputes practice, effective today (10 August). Rhoda has joined from the Hong Kong outpost of Dentons, where he spent seven years and served a stint as its head of international arbitration, having held a three-year partnership at Bird & Bird in the China special administrative region before that. Resolution of co

An IP litigator and former adviser to several US international trade commissioners has joined Mintz at partner level in DC, marking his return to private practice.

A three-lawyer IP team tells CDR that conflicts and a desire to expand their practice led to this week's move to Hecht Partners in the Big Apple. US litigation boutique Hecht Partners hired a trio of New York intellectual property (IP) litigators on Monday (10 August), expanding its IP group to 15 practitioners. Michael DeVincenzo, Andrea Pacelli and Charles Wizenfeld have arrived from King & Wood, which at the end of March demerged from legacy firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) af

An IP litigation duo is the latest defection from recently merged Ashurst Perkins Coie in the Western US.

The weekly disputes developments summary includes a Piper Alderman class-action lawyer leaving private practice for the funding industry in the New South Wales capital, where Johnson Winter Slatter has added competition and litigation experience from Clifford Chance. Australia's most populous city is where the round-up begins, as Millie Byrnes Howe has taken up an investment manager position at Omni Bridgeway in Sydney. Her arrival ends her eight years' service at Piper Alderman, which in

Proceeds from the five-year bond will finance expansion of Emzor Pharmaceutical's manufacturing capabilities and reinforce supply chains.

Several Malaysian litigators including a former regulator have been lured to pastures new, in a week which has also seen an arbitration practitioner relocate from Australia to Singapore. Three litigators have defected from Malaysian firm Shearn Delamore & Co this week: former senior associate Rhoshvin Singh and ex-associate Zen Wong have co-founded Rhoshvin & Wong Partnership, also known as RWP Law in Kuala Lumpur. The firm declared in a LinkedIn post its stated aim of providing “co

The North African country's regulator has set up its first framework governing the lending and short selling of securities.