U.S. law firm McDermott Will & Emery has continued to expand its newly established Singapore office after hiring four lawyers specialising in investigations and compliance from Sidley Austin, including partners Yuet Ming Tham and Shu Min Ho. Tham will join as Singapore managing partner.

U.S. law firm King & Spalding has hired international arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in Singapore from the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling, where he led that firm’s Asia international arbitration practice.

​​​​​​​Indian law firm DSK Legal has hired a team of lawyers from rival Dua & Associates in the southern city of Bengaluru. Led by partner Srinivas BR, it also includes partners Brijita Prakash, Karan Ajitsaria and Siddharth Suresh.

Trilegal has hired disputes experts Anuj Berry and Vishrov Mukerjee as partners in Delhi from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and J. Sagar Associates, respectively. They are set to join the firm in the next few months.

India’s Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has welcomed back project finance specialist Manasvini Raj as a partner in Mumbai from International Finance Corporation, a unit of the World Bank, where she was a counsel.

Singapore Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann has added four partners in their 40s to its executive committee, apart from naming new joint deputy managing partners.

Mayer Brown has hired energy expert Justin Tan as a partner in Singapore from Clyde & Co.

​​​​​​​Offshore law firm Appleby has hired Richard Grasby as partner and head of its private client and trusts team in Hong Kong. Grasby was most recently a foreign legal consultant at Facey & Associates.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired international arbitration expert Ing Loong Yang as a partner in Hong Kong from Latham & Watkins.

Ghows, a Singapore-based law firm specializing in technology and intellectual property, has hired IP specialists Teresa O’Connor and Patsy Koh as directors from Infinitus Law.