TAGlaw, an international alliance of independent law firms, has added eight new firms globally, including Thailand’s Silk Legal.
The new additions take TAGLaw’s membership to 157 firms, spanning 389 offices in 90 countries. The firms have more than 10,000 lawyers.
The other firms added include Avid.legal Limited and Meredith Connell in New Zealand, and Legalmax, an IP law firm in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Lateral hiring dried up a little bit in December, but three Indian law firms still brought in partners. Dentons Link Legal landed its seventh of the year, while Lumiere Law Partners lost three more.
Malaysian firm LAW Partnership, which specialises in IP and disputes, has strengthened its corporate offering after hiring Raphael Tay as the head of its corporate and commercial practice in Kuala Lumpur from Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill.
Hong Kong firm Oldham, Li & Nie Lawyers (OLN) has hired Simon WH Wong as a partner in its corporate and commercial practice from Bird & Bird, where he was a counsel.