Hong Kong’s PC Woo welcomes back litigator in leadership role
Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow, who returns after a one-year stint at offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm.
Links HK partner becomes MoFo's 2nd Asia PE hire in days
U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week.
Cleary, A&O Shearman advise on Goodyear's $701 mln Dunlop sale
Cleary Gottlieb has advised tyremaker Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on the $701 million sale of its Dunlop brand to Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), which was represented by A&O Shearman.
SG: MoFo welcomes back PE heavyweight from Gibson Dunn
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Mori Hamada, Nagashima Ohno advise on $1.6 bln bid for Fujitsu General
Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are playing key roles in Paloma Rheem Holdings' 257 billion yen ($1.6 billion) offer to acquire air conditioner manufacturer Fujitsu General.
JSA welcomes IndusLaw banking partner in second hire of 2025
JSA Advocates & Solicitors has bolted right out of the hiring gate for 2025 with the addition of its second new partner hire of the year, as Pritha Chatterjee moves from IndusLaw as a retained partner in its banking and finance practice.
SG: Gibson Dunn poaches financial regulatory partner from Reed Smith
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in its financial regulatory practice group in Singapore from Reed Smith, where he had been a partner since 2022.
MIDDLE EAST: “Aramco's legal organisation has been ahead of the game’
Nabeel Al-Mansour is the executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at the world’s largest oil producer Saudi Aramco.
ALB CONVERSATIONS: Chetan Chopra, Trukker
Chetan Chopra, group general counsel at UAE-headquartered logistics company Trukker, talks about how he transitioned from litigation to in-house roles by understanding business operations, why knowing the business "like the back of your hand" is crucial for effective legal guidance, and what strategies he employs to balance risk management with enabling growth across diverse geographical areas.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB Asia Rising Stars Indonesia 2025
Submissions open for ALB's Rising Stars Indonesia list. The list will spotlight the most promising lawyers of the next generation in Indonesia. The list will be published in the January/February 2025 issue of ALB Asia.