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Withers bolsters Asia real estate offering with lateral, promotion

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

International law firm Withers has bolstered its real estate practice in Asia with the addition of a two-lawyer team in Singapore from Shook Lin & Bok, led by partner Chau Hwei Lee, and the promotion of Akinari Nakano to partner in Tokyo.
SG: Shook Lin hit by cyberattack, says no evidence of client data theft

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok was hit by a cyberattack in April and the matter is currently under investigation by local authorities.
SG: Withers real estate team jumps to Shook Lin

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok has upped its corporate real estate capabilities with the addition of a team of lawyers from Withers KhattarWong.
Reed Smith’s SG alliance hires director from Shook Lin

BY Aparna Sai |

Resource Law, Reed Smith’s formal law alliance in Singapore, has added corporate expert Johnny Lim as a director from Shook Lin & Bok, where he was a partner.
SG: Shook Lin partner joins restructuring boutique BlackOak as director

BY Aparna Sai |

Singapore’s BlackOak has hired restructuring and insolvency specialist Debby Lim as a director from local firm Shook Lin & Bok, where she was an equity partner.
Shipping expert rejoins Singapore’s Shook Lin as partner from Ince

BY Aparna Sai |

Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok has hired shipping specialist Moses Lin as a partner and head of its maritime practice from Incisive Law, Ince & Co.’s formal law alliance in the city-state, where he was a director.
Singapore’s Shook Lin gets IP head

BY Aparna Sai |

Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok has hired Jevon Louis as a partner and the head of its IP practice from local boutique Ravindran Associates.
AZB, CC, Shook Lin, Jingtian lead as Tata Steel sells SE Asia holdings to HBIS

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

AZB & Partners, Clifford Chance and Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners have advised India’s Tata Steel on the sale of its Southeast Asia production assets) for $327 million to China's HBIS Group, which was represented by Shook Lin & Bok, Jingtian & Gongcheng and Tilleke & Gibbins.
Ashurst’s SG firm hires Shook Lin partner as corp co-lead

BY Aparna Sai |

ADTLaw, Ashurst’s formal law alliance in Singapore has appointed Michelle Phang as co-lead of its corporate practice from Shook Lin & Bok.
Cleary, Paul Hastings on Kakao’s $1 bln GDR offering

BY John Kang |

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Korean firm Kim & Chang have advised Kakao, operator of Korea's leading messaging app KakaoTalk, on its $1 billion global depository receipts offering.