Hong Kong boutique Hugill & Ip has added disputes specialist Fiona Chan as a partner from fellow city firm Boase Cohen & Collins.
Chan advises on civil and commercial litigation, family law, wills, probate and contentious and non-contentious estate administration, among other matters. She had been with Boase Cohen since 2005.
Hugill & Ip, which was established in 2018, now has seven partners.
Indian law firm J. Sagar Associates has added a second partner in a week after welcoming back disputes pro Harshavardhan Abburi in Hyderabad. He becomes the firm’s only partner based in the southern city.
Major Japanese law firm TMI Associates has entered into an alliance with Malaysian law firm SY Teo & Co, set up by Sze Yi Teo, an associate in TMI’s Singapore office. The alliance will also establish an office in Kuala Lumpur under the name of SY Teo & Co in Association with TMI Associates.
Khaitan & Co, India’s largest law firm by headcount, has welcomed aboard disputes expert Digant Popat as a partner in its recently launched Ahmedabad office.