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Lateral hires

NAME

LEAVING

GOING TO

PRACTICE

LOCATION

POSITION

James Bradley

Norton Rose Fulbright

K&L Gates

Transportation finance

Singapore

Partner

Jain Ruskin Brown

Hampton, Winter and Glynn

CRB

Family law

Hong Kong

Partner

Evelyn Chan

Wilkinson & Grist

Gall

Civil litigation

Hong Kong

Partner

Victor Chen

Paul Hastings

Goodwin Procter

Private equity

Hong Kong

Partner

Choi You-taek

MinterEllison

DR & AJU

Foreign direct investments, cross-border dispute resolutions, shipping & aviation

Seoul

Partner

Winnie Chow

Hampton, Winter and Glynn

CRB

Family Law

Hong Kong

Partner

Nick Dealy

UBS

Gall

Business litigation

Hong Kong

Partner

Kristine Evangelista

 

C&G Law

Corporate

Manila

Partner

Douglas Freeman

Paul Hastings

Goodwin Procter

Private equity

Hong Kong

Partner

Thomas Griffiths

Spruson & Ferguson

Davies Collison Cave Asia (DCC)

Patents

Singapore

Principal

Luke Grubb

Latham

Clifford Chace

IT

Singapore

Partner

Nels Hansen

Skadden

White & Case

M&A

Tokyo

Local partner

Laurence Ho

Withers

Stephenson Harwood

Private wealth

Hong Kong

Partner

Alice Huang

Fangda Partners

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Private investment

China

Partner

Nitin Jain

TATA Chemicals

Agama Law Associates

Transactional, advisory, governance, compliance

India

Partner

Jin Xinghui

Kobre & Kim

JunHe

Corporate

Shanghai

Partner

Kim Dae-uk

Barun

DR & AJU

Corporate, finance & securities, cross-border dispute resolution

Seoul

Partner

Nina Kim

Kim & Chang

Yulchon

Corporate and finance

Korea

Partner

Kim Ju-hee

Hyundai Heavy Industries

White & Case

International arbitration

Seoul

Partner

Eiji Kobayashi

Norton Rose Fulbright

Paul Hastings

Corporate, M&A, compliance, investigations

Tokyo

Partner

Kwon Oh-sung

Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office (Goyang)

Yoon & Yang

Criminal law and investigation

Korea

Partner

Lee Sang-bong

Hwang Mok Park

DR & AJU

Civil & commercial, corporate, antitrust, real estate, IT

Seoul

Partner

Lim Tong Chuan

Tan Peng Chin

Aquinas Law

Dispute resolution

Singapore

Partner

Seiji Matsuzoe

White & Case

Baker McKenzie

Capital markets

Tokyo

Partner

Meng Ding

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Kirkland & Ellis

Corporate and securities

Hong Kong

Partner

Prawidha Murti

Makes & Partners

Oentoeng Suria & Partners

Dispute resolution

Indonesia

Partner

Suresh Nair

Advocatus Law

Nair & Co.

Disputes and insolvency

Singapore

Managing Director

Nikhil Naredi

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Shardul Amarchard Mangaldas

Capital markets

Mumbai

Partner

Stephen Pak

Yulchon

Squire Patton Boggs

Corporate

Seoul

Partner

Sonny Payne

Baker Botts 

GPS Legal

Arbitration

Hong Kong

Partner

Anjana Potti

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

J. Sagar Associates

Finance

India

Partner

Everton Robertson

 

Maples and Calder

Private equity and finance

Hong Kong

Partner

Prakash Raja Segaran

Shook Lin & Bok

Allen & Overy

Finance

Singapore

Partner

Mark Stevens

Mayer Brown JSM

Berwin Leighton Paisner

Real estate,

private equity

Hong Kong

Partner

Brett Stewien

Addleshaw Goddard

GPS Legal

Corporate

Hong Kong

Partner

Benjamin Szeto

 

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

Corporate

Singapore

Partner

Kenneth Szeto

Colin Ng & Partners (CNP)

Withers KhattarWong

Banking, finance and property

Singapore

Partner

Tan Mei Yen

WongPartnership

Oon & Bazul

Restructuring and insolvency

Singapore

Partner

Janice Tay

Skrine

Wong & Partners

Dispute resolution

Kuala Lumpur

Partner

Yang Tiecheng

Clifford Chance

Han Kun Law Offices

Financial regulatory

China

Partner

Joseph Tisuthiwongse

Clifford Chance

Chandler MHM

Project finance

Bangkok

Partner

Abhilekh Verma

Khaitan & Co

Kochhar & Co.

Corporate

Bengaluru

Senior Partner

Barbara Voskamp

Ernst & Young

Loyens & Loeff

Taxation

Singapore

Partner

Damien Whitehead

White & Case

Ashurst

Restructuring and insolvency

Hong Kong

Partner

Terence Wong

Hogan Lovells

Winston & Strawn

Dispute resolution

Hong Kong,

Shanghai

Partner

Terence Wong

Hogan Lovells

Winston & Strawn

Dispute resolution

Hong Kong & Shanghai

Partner

Yoon Hee-sik

Seoul Western District Prosecutor’s Office

Yoon & Yang

Criminal law and investigation

Korea

Partner

James Bidlake

Morgan Stanley

DFS Group

Legal and compliance

Hong Kong

General counsel

Shirley Fu

Maples and Calder

Harneys

Corporate

Hong Kong

Counsel

Yuho (Richard) Kim

LOGOS Law

Baker Mckenzie

M&A

Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh

Special counsel

David Morley

Allen & Overy

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Strategic advisory

India

Advisor

Louise Liu

Hampton, Winter and Glynn

CRB

Family Law

Hong Kong

Senior associate

Atreyee Sen

AZB & Partners

Fox & Mandal

Corporate

Kolkata

Principal Associate

John Tan

Colin Ng & Partners (CNP)

Withers KhattarWong

Banking, finance and property

Singapore

Senior associate

Moon Jung-woo

Jipyong

DR & AJU

International arbitration, litigation, M&A, corporate, foreign direct investments

Seoul

Associate

Disaporn Saengpetch

Clifford Chance

Chandler MHM

Corporate

Bangkok

Associate

Siregran Sakuliampaiboon

Clifford Chance

Chandler MHM

Corporate

Bangkok

Associate

Anne Salt

Hampton, Winter and Glynn

CRB

Family Law

Hong Kong

Associate

Sung Woo-rin

Hwang Mok Park

DR & AJU

Civil, commercial, litigation, administrative, real estate, taxation, insurance, shipping and aviation

Seoul

Associate

 

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Relocations

NAME

FIRM

FROM

TO 

PRACTICE

POSITION

Tom Reynolds

Trowers & Hamlins 

Bahrain

Kuala Lumpur

Corporate

 

Partner

 

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Promotions

NAME

FIRM

PRACTICE

PROMOTION

LOCATION

Daniel Anderson

Ropes & Gray

Special situations

Managing partner

Hong Kong

Marie Bernard

Nextlaw Labs

 

CEO

Berlin

Kristy Calvert

Harneys

Cross-border transactions

Managing partner

Shanghai

Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh

Tilleke & Gibbins

Insurance, commercial transactions and M&A, technology, media and telecommunications

Partner

Bangkok

Anna Chung

Shearman & Sterling

Project development & finance

Partner

Singapore

Tess Fang

White & Case

M&A

Local partner

Hong Kong

Gee Hou Tng

White & Case

Banking

Local partner

Beijing

Nathalie Hobbs

Linklaters

Banking and finance

Managing partner

Asia region

Keisuke Imon

White & Case

Finance

Local partner

Tokyo

Denise Jong

Reed Smith

Corporate

Managing partner

Hong Kong

Denise Jong

Reed Smith

Corporate transactions and investments

Managing partner

Hong Kong

Loc Xuan Le

T&G Law Firm (associated firm of Tilleke & Gibbins)

Intellectual property, dispute resolution and litigation, antitrust and competition

Principal

Hanoi

Marcus Lee

Latham & Watkins

Corporate

Partner

Singapore

David McKellar

Mayer Brown

Legal risk & compliance

Partner

Hong Kong

Toshiro Mochizuki

Shearman & Sterling

Corporate, capital markets

Partner

Tokyo

Vinh Quoc Nguyen

Tilleke & Gibbins

Banking and finance, commercial transactions and M&A, corporate services

Partner

Ho Chi Minh City

Nozomi Oda

Latham & Watkins

Cross-border M&A 

Partner

Tokyo

Piyanuj (Lui) Ratprasatporn

Multilaw (Tilleke & Gibbins)

Corporate

Partner & Director

Thailand

Venetia Tan

Colin Ng & Partners

Dispute resolution, arbitration

Partner

Singapore

Kien Trung Trinh

Tilleke & Gibbins

Corporate services, commercial transactions and M&A, employment

Partner

Hanoi

Ashley Zhao

AWA Asia

Intellectual property

Partner

Beijing

Rhonda Tin

AWA Asia

Intellectual property

Senior Counsel

Hong Kong

Wilson Y.W. Fung 

Mayer Brown

Litigation & dispute resolution

Counsel

Hong Kong

Amita Kaur Haylock

Mayer Brown

Intellectual property 

Counsel

Hong Kong

Kazuo Kasai

White & Case

M&A

Counsel

Tokyo

Blingqing Pan

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Corporate

Counsel

Hong Kong

Kevin So

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Litigation

Counsel

Hong Kong

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