Stephenson Harwood lands Hill Dickinson’s former Asia regulatory head

BY Mari Iwata |

Stephenson Harwood has hired Jonathan Goacher, the former head of regulatory for Asia at Hill Dickinson, as a partner in Singapore.
HK: PRC firm Haiwen lures over shipping disputes expert from Hill Dickinson

BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |

PRC law firm Haiwen & Partners has hired shipping dispute resolution specialist Edward Liu as a partner in its Hong Kong office from the UK’s Hill Dickinson.
SG: Hill Dickinson grows with Wikborg, Incisive hires  

BY Mari Iwata |

UK-headquartered law firm Hill Dickinson has expanded its Singapore office with the hires of Matthew Dow as a partner and Binoy Dubey as counsel and master mariner. They join from Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein and Incisive Law, respectively.
SG: Maritime law firm Hill Dickinson adds commodities duo

BY Aparna Sai |

UK-headquartered maritime firm Hill Dickinson has hired trade and commodities specialists Devottam Sengupta and Iain Sharp as partners in Singapore. Both join from in-house roles.
Hill Dickinson adds construction partner in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

UK firm Hill Dickinson has boosted its construction and commercial arbitration practice in Hong Kong with the hire of Richard Lyons, who previously held an in-house role with Arabtec Construction in Dubai.
Ex-DWF SG partner duo find new homes at CMS, Hill Dickinson

BY Elizabeth Beattie |

Babita Ambekar and Jonathan Goacher, former partners at London-listed firm DWF’s soon-to-be closed Singapore office, have joined CMS and Hill Dickinson, respectively.
Paul Hastings lawyer joins Hill Dickinson in HK as equity cap markets co-head

BY Aparna Sai |

UK firm Hill Dickinson has hired YK Chan as partner and co-head of its equity capital markets team in Hong Kong from Paul Hastings, where he was an associate.
Hill Dickinson obtain landmark Mainland-Hong Kong arbitration order

BY Hu Yangxiaoxiao 胡阳潇潇 |

Hill Dickinson has become the first law firm in Hong Kong to successfully obtain an order from a mainland Chinese court for interim measures in aid of an arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
Hill Dickinson hires cap markets lawyer in HK from Eversheds Sutherland

BY Aparna Sai |

UK-headquartered shipping law firm Hill Dickinson has hired capital markets specialist Kurt Lau as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice in Hong Kong from Eversheds Sutherland, where he was a consultant.
KWM expands in Japan with lateral, relocation

BY Aparna Sai |

King & Wood Mallesons has expanded its Tokyo team with two new partners: Arbitration specialist Patric McGonigal, who is relocating from Singapore, and corporate expert Ryunosuke Ushijima, who joins from local firm Miyake, Ushijima & Imamura, where he was a name partner.