Private equity funds and M&A specialist Sayak Maity has joined U.S. law firm White & Case as a partner in Singapore from India’s AZB & Partners.
Maity assists PE funds on investments in India and the wider Asia-Pacific region. He also advises on joint ventures and corporate governance.
Prior to his stint at AZB, Maity worked in an in-house role at Tata Sons, and was also with law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
White & Case currently has 13 partners, including Maity, in its Singapore office.
White & Case has advised French energy group TotalEnergies on its $903 million acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Malaysia-headquartered SapuraOMV from Austrian oil and gas company OMV.
U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has further expanded its real estate team in Tokyo after recruiting a four-lawyer team from White & Case. Mizuho Yamada and Ayako Kawano come on board as shareholders, while Kazuo Kasai and Hiroshi Hara join as local partner and counsel, respectively.
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has welcomed back private capital-focused lawyer Benjamin Lohr as a partner in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, where he was a counsel.