Withers has hired investment funds expert Simon Wong as a partner in Hong Kong from Dentons, where he was head of the private funds practice.

Last month, Dentons announced its plan to combine with Indian law firm Link Legal to form Dentons Link Legal, marking a likely first for that country’s legal market. Atul Sharma, recently appointed as chairman of the firm, describes the combination in detail, as well as how he hopes it will benefit his firm.

Dentons on Monday said it is launching a combination with Indian law firm Link Legal, giving the global law firm a domestic foothold in India's large but historically isolated legal market.

Dentons has hired its first global head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) to do work touching both on the 12,000-attorney law firm's own strategy and its services for clients, the firm said Thursday.

As another year packed with challenges and trials draws to a close, law firm leaders consider what measures were successful, and how those will influence their strategies for 2022 and beyond.

Dentons has grown its presence in the ASEAN region by combining with Vietnamese law firm LuatViet.

Dentons has hired David Blumenfeld as the head of its Asia-Pacific real estate practice from Paul Hastings, where he held a similar role. He is based in Hong Kong.

Data has become an increasingly critical part of the way law firms do business, with difficult decisions now being weighed using analytics and information. While lawyers are united on the fact that data is the way forward, firms take different approaches in how they get the best out of the information at hand.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) and Dentons have advised Indian edtech startup Byju’s on its $600 million acquisition of Singapore’s Great Learning, which was counselled by Allen & Gledhill and Infinitus Law.

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Tian Yuan Law Firm are advising China’s Youran Dairy on its planned IPO in Hong Kong, with Sidley Austin and Dentons advising the joint underwriters.