Stamford Law has welcomed three prominent lawyers, including a former co-chair of the DLA Piper’s global arbitration group, as it seeks to position itself as a serious regional player.

Allen & Overy and Zaid Ibrahim & Co have advised Malaysian telco Axiata Group on its $1.5 billion multi-currency sukuk programme, the first internationally rated multi-currency sukuk programme in the Asia-Pacific region.

Offshore law firm Bedell Cristin has opened in Singapore, its first office in Asia, to provide British Virgin Islands (BVI) legal services.

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. has named former KPMG and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) partner Krishan Malhotra as its Head of Tax, Northern Region, to replace outgoing tax head Aseem Chawla.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired former Allen & Overy senior associate Nomita Nair, a project finance specialist, as a partner in its finance practice in Singapore, as the firm moves to strengthen its infrastructure, energy, and oil and gas capabilities.

Collas Crill, the only Channel Island law firm to have an office in Singapore, has announced that Guernsey-based trust and fiduciary specialist Marcus Hinkley will be moving to Singapore to head its office there.

WongPartnership is representing ThaiBev in its bid for OCBC’s 22 percent stake in F&N, which owns 40 percent of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), in a possible three-way tussle for the regional beer market that became even more complicated after Heineken launched a S$5.1 billion ($4.1 billion) bid for APB.

Arbitration specialist John Savage has been named as the new managing partner of King & Spalding’s Singapore office, with his predecessor Philip R. Weems returning to Houston.

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co has opened its seventh office, and its third in South India, by establishing a presence in the city of Chennai.

Almost a year after it was created, ASEAN legal network ZICOlaw has expanded into Cambodia with the addition of law firm Sok Siphana & Associates.