Hong Kong

After Fried Frank’s recent decision to pull out of Asia, its lawyers have been slowly finding new homes, as highlighted in our moves section.

This week’s briefing notes its disputes resolution team, led by partner Alfred Wu whose move was announced in April, heading to Norton Rose Fulbright.

Meanwhile, M&A partners Douglas Freeman and Victor Chen have joined Paul Hastings.

In all cases, the moves were Hong Kong-based, though the firm also closed its Shanghai office.

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