The end of 2011 turned out to be relatively quiet in the Asian lateral hire markets. Instead of individual moves, firms have instead been focusing on expanding their networks through mergers, alliances and associations.
Australia
Within this area, the main trends of the last 12 months have been the expansion of UK firms into Australia through mergers and associations and the increase in local Hong Kong law teams at several major US firms.
In the first area, December's rumour mill was largely concerned...