Global law firm White & Case has further expanded its Asia-Pacific business and Global Energy, Infrastructure & Project Finance Practice.

White & Case has now formally welcomed the lawyers who resigned from the Herbert Smith Freehills partnership, appointing them as senior lawyers.

With the Sydney office opening, across APAC White & Case now has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, and an association in Jakarta.

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Brendan Quinn, Andrew Clark, Alan Rosengarten, Josh Sgro, Tim Power, Jared Muller, and Joanne Draper join White & Case in Melbourne, while Joel Rennie joins in Sydney, Fergus Smith in Hong Kong, and Matthew Osborne in Singapore.

White & Case launched its Australia practice in December 2016 with the opening of a new office in Melbourne and the addition from Herbert Smith Freehills of Ged Cochrane, Michelle Keen and Adeline Pang, who joined the Firm as partners.

«Asia-Pacific is an important region for White & Case where our strategy is to build on the firm's global strengths and continue developing our client offering,» said partner Art Scavone, who leads the Firm's Global Energy, Infrastructure & Project Finance Practice.