Some Big Firms Still Doing Well as Baker & McKenzie Makes Big Additions to Partner Ranks

We’ve noted that continued global economic sluggishness may be catching up with law firms in Asia. some of whom have been cutting their partner ranks,.  But apparently some firms are doing just fine.  Baker & McKenzie falls into that category as they have just added more than 60 partners worlwide:

“The Firm also reported that it has added more than 50 lateral partners in key practice areas and jurisdictions over the past year. These partners support clients in corporate, M&A, compliance, securities and tax, among other practices. Growth also came from the opening of new offices in Johannesburg, South Africa; Istanbul, Turkey; and Doha, Qatar.

Asia Pacific (28)

Susan Beaumont (Jakarta) – Employment

Pierre Chan (Hong Kong) – Tax

Iqbal Darmawan (Jakarta) – Securities

Miguel Galvez (Manila) – Dispute Resolution

Anna Gamvros (Hong Kong) – IT & Communications

Nont Horayangura (Bangkok) – Intellectual Property

Hao-Ray Hu (Taipei) – Banking & Finance

Anna (Li-Jung) Hwang (Taipei) – Dispute Resolution

Clara Ingen-Housz (Hong Kong) – Antitrust & Competition

Muhammad Karnova (Jakarta) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure

Winton Kim (Hong Kong) – Mergers & Acquisitions

Angeline Lee (Singapore) – Intellectual Property

Simon Leung (Beijing) – Banking & Finance

Ean Mac Pherson (Tokyo) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure

Kei Matsumoto (Tokyo) – Intellectual Property; IT & Communications

Daniel Middleton (Melbourne) – Energy, Mining & Infrastructure

Philippa Murphy (Melbourne) – Dispute Resolution

Enzo Pan (Taipei) – Mergers & Acquisitions

Theerapab Punyasakhon (Bangkok) – Banking & Finance Bulin

Sanooj (Bangkok) – Corporate; Energy, Mining & Infrastructure

Howard Shiu (Taipei) – Employment

Panya Sittisakonsin (Bangkok) – Tax

Benja Supannakul (Bangkok) – Banking & Finance

Allen Tan (Singapore) – Tax

Aek Tantisattamo (Bangkok) – Tax

Dominic Wai (Hong Kong) – Dispute Resolution

David Walter (Sydney) – Dispute Resolution

Hsian Siong Yong (Kuala Lumpur) – Mergers & Acquisitions

Read the full global  list here

We highlighted the APAC appointments because we are APAC focused, but also because the APAC partnership promotions accounted for nearly half of the firm’s promotions worldwide, proving that despite some slow down, the Asian market is still experiencing a growth period and we expect that therefore recruitment will continue to be more active than in Western markets.

To see what’s on offer in the region, have a look at the job search page at Law Alliance.