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...Lawyers at other international firms say they do not take the Latham & Watkins approach, and have no plans to....
...US law firm Latham and Watkins last month cut off its Hong Kong lawyers from the firm’s international databases ahead of the proposed law’s implementation....
...Last month, US law firm Latham and Watkins removed default access to its international database for its Hong Kong-based lawyers....
...After Lee’s departure, Carlyle raised less than $1bn, according to filings....
...They were both previously at Latham & Watkins. Law firm Simpson Thacher has hired media deals lawyer David Hernand as a partner in its Los Angeles office from Paul Hastings....
...Though the original Q has been tracked down to the home of a US expat called Ron Watkins living in Manila, it now doesn’t seem much to matter who he is....
...One scoop to start: Carlyle Group’s departed chief executive Kewsong Lee asked for a pay package worth up to $300mn over five years and resigned from the US private equity group after its co-founders refused...
...“The biggest issue on our agenda in terms of deal execution is the regulatory backdrop,” Latham & Watkins partner Nick Cline told DD’s James Fontanella-Khan....
...Latham & Watkins has hired James Garrett as a partner in private equity and M&A practices. He joins the firm’s Houston office from Vinson & Elkin....
...AlixPartners has hired Jessica Clayton, Lee Watson and Joe O’Connor from EY as managing directors in its UK turnround and restructuring practice....
...Latham & Watkins has named Ravi Purohit, former managing director at Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, as a partner in the corporate department in New York....
...The law firm Latham & Watkins hired Andrew Bishop as a partner in its private equity finance practice. He joins the Hong Kong office from White & Case....
...Tom was formerly at Latham & Watkins....
...Latham & Watkins has hired Mike Turner and Shing Lo as partners in the law firm’s emerging companies practice and corporate department in London....
...Latham & Watkins has hired Kate Withers as a partner in the law firm’s corporate department in New York. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...Chan Ho Lee PartnerBae, Kim & Lee Chan Ho Lee’s career has focused on the potential for greater economic co-operation between North Korea and South Korea, and ultimately the reunification of the Korean...
...Waheed was previously a partner at Latham & Watkins. Smart reads Art attack The art world has a corporate sponsor problem....
...“Bring on the bad guys,” declares Doctor Doom on the cover of a 1976 Marvel comic book by one of the greats of US comics, Stan Lee....
...Job moves Philip Lee, Deutsche Bank south-east Asia vice-chairman and chief country officer for Singapore, is leaving the bank, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg....
...LeeAnn Black Chief operating officer, Latham & Watkins When LeeAnn Black took on her role as chief operating officer at Latham & Watkins in 1999, the idea of innovation in legal services was a novelty....
...US firm Latham & Watkins, for example, had revenues of $2.8bn in 2016, while UK “magic circle” firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy passed the $2bn mark....
...McDermott Will & Emery has hired Anh Lee as a partner in Chicago. Lee joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...Watkin, is currently the only company dancing it on the world stage....
...Gold Fame Citrus, by Claire Vaye Watkins, Quercus, RRP£16.99 / Riverhead Books, RRP$27.95, 352 pages Jonathan Lee is author of ‘High Dive’ (William Heinemann) Illustration by Cat O’Neil...
...Tennis’s Andy Murray and distance runner Mo Farah both become knights, as does paralympic equestrian competitor Lee Pearson....
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