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Nagashima teams up with German firm on Sanyo M&A

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Japan’s Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Germany’s Hengeler Mueller have recently advised on the US$366m acquisition of Japanese tech giant Sanyo’s semiconductor business. Morrison & Foerster advised the acquiring company, US-based ON Semiconductor.
Bakers grows Tokyo partnership

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Baker & McKenzie’s Japan member firm has made up three lawyers to partner and four to counsel, as part of its new financial year promotions
Simmons & Simmons announces new finance head

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Simmons & Simmons has promoted Qatar-based finance lawyer Samer Eido to head its Middle East financial markets practice
Revenue drops but Freshfields 'optimistic' for Asia

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Freshfields’ Asia managing partner Simon Marchant said he remains optimistic for the firm’s regional growth, despite it posting an 11% decrease in global revenues and a 3% decrease in profits per equity partner (PEP) in FY2009/10.
Clyde & Co on Gulf promotion spree

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Clyde & Co has promoted 17 lawyers from its four Middle East offices to positions as legal directors and senior associates
Pinsent Masons forms JV with Singapore ally

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Pinsent Masons and its Singapore ally MPillay have converted their successful three-year old association agreement into a formal practice which will target the local dispute resolution market
A&O launches in Indonesia with former Bakers partner

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Allen & Overy has formed an Indonesia presence to target Islamic finance and energy & resources work, with the help of a former lawyer from Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners (HHP) – Baker & McKenzie’s Indonesia alliance firm.
Charles Russell expands Bahrain practice; continues Awal proceedings

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

UK firm Charles Russell has expanded its Bahrain practice by hiring three new lawyers, as it continues proceedings against troubled Awal Bank, which was placed into administration last year after defaulting on its loan repayments.
Aussie firm Allens focuses energy on South-East Asia

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has poached Clifford Chance asset finance partner Rod Howell and has transferred two other partners to its Singapore office, to focus on growing key practice areas in South-East Asia.
Hwang Mok Park’s Shanghai merger office closed

BY Rashida Yosufzai |

Korean firm Hwang Mok Park has closed its Shanghai office less than a year after acquiring it through a merger with another law firm, citing the office as ‘unsustainable.’