December 4, 2024
Iconic Hong Kong law firm Johnson Stokes & Master unveiled a new chapter as a leading independent Hong Kong law firm, as of December 2, 2024. The firm received approval from The Law Society of Hong Kong to revert to its legacy name, following the partnership’s separation from Mayer Brown, with whom JSM entered into a combination in 2008. The JSM’s Management Committee is led by Senior Partner Terence Tung, with Commercial Managing Partner Hannah Ha, Dispute Resolution Managing Partner Geoffrey Chan and Real Estate Managing Partner Keith Cheung. “Our vision is to support our clients to capitalise on an exciting and unique range of local and global opportunities” said Mr. Tung. “Strategically this entails focusing our capabilities as a pre-eminent law firm in Hong Kong, particularly in those sectors significant to the growth of Hong Kong as a super-connector between Mainland China and global markets.” “With more than a third of our Hong Kong lawyers dual-qualified from key international jurisdictions, our clients benefit from our deep experience and understanding of the application of those laws across the world’s most dynamic markets, including Belt and Road Initiative countries,” he added. The 160-year-old Hong Kong partnership is one of the largest law firms in Hong Kong, with more than 120 lawyers, including 40 partners. With representative offices established in Beijing and Shanghai, and an Intellectual Property Agency Office in Beijing, JSM has been working in Mainland China since the 1990s representing clients in cross border transactions and disputes. Core to JSM’s strategy is harnessing the Firm’s experience in high-growth sectors and related services, such as cybersecurity, ESG, insurance, private capital and...
February 2, 2024
Asia’s largest international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has expanded its Partnership, welcoming three individuals across two of its offices. Gary Hamp and Indraneil Ghosh have been appointed in Singapore, and Ike Kutlaca has been appointed in Hong Kong SAR. Gary has over 12 years’ experience working in Asia, where he was co-Global Practice Group Chair of the Latham & Watkins’ banking practice and prior to that the head of the Hogan Lovells banking group in Hong Kong. He has in-depth expertise across all the major jurisdictions in the region in leveraged finance, acquisition finance, structured lending and secured syndicated financings in addition to acting for private credit funds and advising on the banking law aspects of complex restructurings. Indraneil comes with over 15 years’ experience and, having joined KWM in Singapore as a Special Counsel in 2021, has been advising KWM clients in the funds management, private equity, and M&A space. Having spent the founding years of his career in London, he has subsequently worked across major international fund centres in the Asia Pacific Region including Dubai, Singapore and Sydney. “Gary’s broad banking & finance capability, coupled with Indraneil’s deep knowledge of fund formation and investments, are tremendous additions to KWM’s Singapore banking and funds offering, and will complement and strengthen our existing capability in these areas across our other offices in the region. We’re extremely pleased to welcome Gary and Indraneil to the KWM partnership; we know their appointments will be welcomed by clients,” commented KWM Australia Chief Executive Partner Renae Lattey. Ike has over 12 years’ experience, having spent four years at the KWM Melbourne office before joining the Hong...
October 4, 2022
International law firm Milbank LLP announced last September 30 that it has localised its practice into a Hong Kong law firm under the name “Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP”. Milbank LLP has practiced in Hong Kong for many years as a registered foreign law firm providing advice on English and New York laws. As a foreign firm, Milbank LLP will cease to practice in Hong Kong, and a new firm, “Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP”, will commence practice as a Hong Kong firm of solicitors. As a Hong Kong law firm, Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP will be able to broaden the scope of the services that it can offer to its clients, as it will not only be able to practice Hong Kong law, but will also continue to practice and advise on the laws of those other jurisdictions in which Milbank LLP currently practices. Founded in New York over 150 years ago, Milbank LLP provides innovative legal services to clients around the world. It has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, DC. Milbank’s lawyers collaborate across practices and offices to help the world’s leading commercial, financial and industrial enterprises, as well as institutions, individuals and governments, achieve their strategic...