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Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced its largest ever round of senior associate promotions as part of its ongoing expansion in Asia.

26 promotions have been made in eight of the firm's nine Asia offices and across its corporate, disputes and finance practices. The round, listed below, also includes five promotions by the firm's busy associate firm in Jakarta, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung.

60% of the new senior associates are women, and 81% are of Asian ethnicity.

"We have ambitious plans for Asia and, alongside new hires, successful expansion depends on a solid and talented pipeline of lawyers across our nine-office network," said Asia managing partner May Tai.

"This promotion round also reflects solid progress in building the diverse practice that we want and that our clients demand in Asia – a practice that truly reflects the region and communities in which we work."

These promotions follow the announcement of six new partners and seven new counsel across Herbert Smith Freehills' Asia and associate firm network in April 2022.

Those to be promoted to senior associate from 1 July 2022 are:

NAME
OFFICE
PRACTICE

Chotika Voravongsakul

Bangkok

Disputes

Rachata Champathong

Bangkok

Disputes

Weili Zhong

Beijing

Corporate

Charles Wong

Hong Kong

Corporate

Echo Shen

Hong Kong

Corporate

Jane Yee

Hong Kong

Finance

Jocelyn Heng

Hong Kong

Disputes

Jody Luk

Hong Kong

Disputes

Michael Gu

Hong Kong

Corporate

Sarah Shen

Hong Kong

Finance

Timothy Shaw

Hong Kong

Disputes

Astri Widita

Jakarta (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung)

Corporate

Defina Rosa

Jakarta (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung)

Finance

Hanny

Jakarta (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung)

Finance

Ivina Suwana

Jakarta (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung)

Corporate

Maydiba Thandi

Jakarta (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung)

Corporate

Tse Wei Lim

Kuala Lumpur

Disputes

David Park

Seoul

Disputes

Clare Hubert

Singapore

Corporate

Lucy Curran

Singapore

Corporate

Mitchell Dearness

Singapore

Disputes

Oleri Galope

Singapore

Corporate

Reshma Nair

Singapore

Disputes

Wan Ching Choy

Singapore

Finance

Glenn Kembrey

Tokyo

Disputes

Stephen McCann

Tokyo

Corporate

*In Jakarta, Herbert Smith Freehills' international counsel practise on secondment to associate firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, one of Indonesia’s leading commercial and corporate law firms.

Key contacts

May Tai photo

May Tai

Consultant, Hong Kong

May Tai
Alastair Henderson photo

Alastair Henderson

Partner, Singapore

Alastair Henderson
David Gilmore photo

David Gilmore

Head of Dispute Resolution, Japan, Tokyo

David Gilmore
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Matthew Emsley

Partner, Hong Kong

Matthew Emsley

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