DLA Piper has hired corporate and finance specialist Philip Lee as a partner in Singapore from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he headed that firm’s debt capital markets practice for Asia.

Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) has represented the shareholders of subsea network solutions provider Aqua Comms Limited on its $125 million financing led by Nomura, which was advised by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and White & Case.