Top CAM dealmaker rocks market with move to Khaitan

by Nimitt Dixit |

 

Top Indian dealmaker Shishir Vayttaden (L) has left the equity partnership at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to join Khaitan & Co, along with two other partners in his team, K. Aishwarya and Aditi Singhvi.

Vayttaden and Singhvi will be joining Khaitan’s Mumbai office, while Aishwarya joins in Bengaluru.…

SG: Orrick bolsters Asia energy practice with hire from A&O Shearman

U.S. law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced the hire of project finance expert Michael Tardif as a partner in its Singapore office. Tardif joins from the Jakarta office of A&O Shearman.

HK: Loeb & Loeb private wealth partner returns to Withers

Withers has welcomed back private client and tax attorney Laurence Ho as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Loeb & Loeb.

Singapore law firm Fervent Chambers announces leadership changes

Singapore-based law firm Fervent Chambers has announced significant leadership changes, with the appointment of William Wan as managing director and the return of Clarence Lun as head of dispute resolution and international arbitration.

Freshies counsel joins Simmons as HK regulatory head

UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Kenneth Hui as its regulatory head for Hong Kong and Greater China. He was most recently a counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

SG: K&L Gates poaches 2 corporate partners from DLA

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of U.S. law firm K&L Gates, has strengthened its corporate capabilities in Singapore with the addition of partners David Kuo and Meraj Noor from rival DLA Piper.

CAM adds real estate partner in Ahmedabad

by Nimitt Dixit |

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added a fourth partner to its ranks in July as real estate attorney Siddharth Singh joins the firm along with his entire team in Ahmedabad. Singh previously ran his own law firm SBS Legal Advocates in the city.

AZB builds real estate strength in Mumbai with hire from Trilegal

by Mari Iwata |

Indian law firm AZB & Partners has welcomed back real estate lawyer Ruchit Parikh as a partner in Mumbai from Trilegal, the firm’s second real estate partner hire in four months.

UK firm Lewis Silkin strengthens HK offering with disputes hire

by Mari Iwata |

London-based law firm Lewis Silkin has bolstered its dispute resolution capability with the addition of Kenix Yuen as a partner from local boutique Gall Solicitors.

HSF loses 2 more aviation lawyers in Singapore

by Mari Iwata |

Aviation lawyers Samuel Kolehmainen and Duc Nguyen have left Herbert Smith Freehills in Singapore to join K&L Gates Straits Law as partners.