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Weil Gotshal's Hong Kong Office Focuses on Transactional Business in First Month
(December 4, 2007, Weil Gotshal Press Release)
Firm's 19th Office Strengthens
Regional Presence Under Leadership of Managing Partner for Asia, Akiko
Mikumo
Leading global law firm Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP opened its Hong Kong office on schedule in October. Lawyers
in the Hong Kong office provide clients with transactional counseling throughout
Asia, broadening Weil Gotshal's regional presence from its substantial
Shanghai office, established in 2004. The firm is also undergoing preparations
to open an office in Beijing in 2008.
Weil Gotshal has staffed its Hong
Kong operation with transactional attorneys from both the firm's New York
and Shanghai offices. Akiko Mikumo, a senior corporate partner from the
New York office and a member of the firm's Management Committee, is Managing
Partner for Asia and head of the Hong Kong office. Two additional partners
relocated to Hong Kong: David Meredith, a corporate partner from Shanghai,
specializing in securities financings, and Peter Feist, a corporate partner
from New York who focuses on private equity and mergers & acquisitions.
“We are very pleased to see that
our Hong Kong office is off to a successful start,” said Weil Gotshal
Chairman Stephen J. Dannhauser. “In line with Weil’s commitment to Asia,
we will continue to staff the Hong Kong office with some of our best partners
and associates.” Continued Dannhauser, “With our Shanghai and Hong Kong
offices, we have an exceptional platform to deliver the clear, effective
and timely legal advice and service clients are asking for throughout the
region.”
Ms. Mikumo stated, “We are determined
to continue the expansion of our practice through Asia. With Asia an integral
part of the firm’s international focus, we expect Weil Gotshal to become
one of the premier firms in the region.”
The Hong Kong office is located
in Gloucester Tower in The Landmark complex, in the Central financial district
of Hong Kong (Tel: +852 3476 9000).
About Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
is a global law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers, including over 300 partners.
Weil Gotshal is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Boston,
Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich,
Paris, Prague, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington,
DC and Wilmington.
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