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Li was international partner within China and Hong Kong, and is also a current member of the international management committee and the China management committee. Cox was deputy managing partner for Australia. Last month Legal Business revealed KWM Europe partners who took out personal loans from Barclays for their capital contributions had received payment ultimatums.
The firm has also hired from contractor OHL and promoted a Pinsents associate to partner. Lawyers often take out loans for working capital at law firms when they are elevated to partners. As at 30 April KWM comprised of partners, and according to one former partner, at least 50 of these owed six-figure sums to Barclays, which is also the largest creditor of the now defunct European arm.
The bank started sending letters asking for the money back in February after legacy SJ Berwin went into administration, but partners argue they have not received any response to their emails in February. Instead, the bank followed with a demand for repayment, asking partners to avoid default notices and pay by the end of April.
Instead they sent a demand straight away. However, it is understood that since the second set of letters demanding repayment arrived in March, the bank has had someone in place to respond to communication from former partners.
However most partners will have taken out these loans, they were so easy to get. Other events some junior partners have criticised are the billing practices in the last few months of , as the legacy SJ Berwin practice was collapsing. The international firm has elevated nine contentious lawyers among its 42 partner promotions across China and Australia. Office and business supplies company Office Depot Europe has agreed to dispose of its larger contract customers business and assets in the United Kingdom and Ireland to workplace solutions company OT Group.
A litigator with deep experience in offshore disputes has returned to private practice from a third-party funder, joining the partnership at Conyers in Hong Kong. National Australia Bank has agreed to acquire all of the shares in Australian neobank holding company 86 via a scheme of arrangement. The high-profile firm has added an experienced regulatory and life sciences partner and two associates into its Sydney-based global regulatory practice.
Spanish online higher education learning company IMF International Business School has sold a majority stake in its business to French private equity company Capza. Two experienced e-discovery and technology professionals have arrived at Berkeley Research Group to launch its new technology and analytics practice in the Asia-Pacific region. Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its joint operations with Kewei, as it celebrates the official launch of the venture with new hires and promotions.
Part two of a two-part report. London-headquartered Ashurst has invested in a partner with expertise in securities litigation and regulatory proceedings in Sydney, while that office has seen the return of a construction partner from Dubai.
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