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HK: HSF employment lawyer joins Bakers as partner

BY Sachin Dave |

Baker McKenzie has hired employment law expert Tess Lumsdaine as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Herbert Smith Freehills, where she was counsel.
Bakers lands Addleshaws’ HK disputes head

BY Mari Iwata |

Baker McKenzie has hired a three-lawyer arbitration team in Hong Kong from the departing Addleshaw Goddard. Led by partner and disputes head Ronald Sum, the team also consists of associates. Plato Cheung and Beryl Wu.
HK: PRC firm Grandall adds real estate partner from Bakers

BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |

Grandall Zimmern Law Firm, the Hong Kong association firm of the PRC’s Grandall, has hired real estate expert Shiu-man Wan as a partner from Baker McKenzie, where he spent 18 years.
Bakers advising on $1 bln Thai Life Insurance IPO, SEA’s biggest this year

BY Mari Iwata |

Baker McKenzie is advising the underwriters on the $1 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Thai Life Insurance, Thailand’s third-largest life insurer. The IPO is the biggest in Southeast Asia so far in 2022, according to Reuters.
Bakers advises on $768 mln Japan-Europe pump sale

BY Mari Iwata |

Baker McKenzie has advised Tokyo-based Nikkiso, a specialized pumps and systems provider, on the 696 million euro ($768 million) sale of Germany’s LEWA, Dutch company Geveke, and their respective subsidiaries, to Swedish compressor provider Atlas Copco.
Bakers makes another partner hire in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

Baker McKenzie has added a second partner in Hong Kong in a matter of weeks after hiring former HNA Group general counsel Thomas Tarala a partner in Hong Kong.
Eng, WongP, Bakers act on SG’s first SPAC listing

BY Aparna Sai |

Eng & Co has advised special purpose acquisition company Vertex Technology Acquisition (VTAC) on its $148 million IPO in Singapore, with WongPartnership and Baker McKenzie representing the underwriters, global coordinators, and bookrunners.
Bakers expands blockchain expertise with Sidley hire in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

​​​​​​​Joy Lam, a former Sidley Austin Hong Kong partner specialising in blockchain and virtual assets, has joined Baker McKenzie as a registered foreign lawyer (partner equivalent).
MHM, Davis Polk, NO&T, White & Case act on $1.5 bln Japan cosmetic sale

BY Aparna Sai |

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Davis Polk have advised Japanese beauty company Shiseido on the 160 billion yen ($1.5 billion) sale of its personal care business to private equity firm CVC, which was represented by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and White & Case.
Indonesia: Ex-HHP disputes head takes up key role at battered Garuda

BY Aparna Sai |

Timur Sukirno, formerly senior partner and head of disputes at Baker McKenzie’s Indonesian member firm, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners (HHP), has retired from the firm to join troubled flag carrier Garuda Indonesia as president commissioner.