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FAREWELL – U.K.-based Holman Fenwick Willan has hired Locke Lord’s entire Hong Kong team, leaving questions about the future of the Texas firm’s office in the Asian financial center. John Kang reports that a total of nine lawyers and paralegals are making the move, following former Locke Lord Hong Kong office managing partner Wing Cheung, who joined Holman Fenwick earlier this month. The team focuses on corporate finance deals, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and other Hong Kong law transactions work.