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.

White & Case bolsters HK cap markets practice with hire from A&O

by Mari Iwata |

Global law firm White & Case has hired equity capital markets expert Ryan Tou as a partner in Hong Kong from Allen & Overy, where he was an of counsel.

Mumbai: Induslaw welcomes back corporate lawyer from in-house role

by Mari Iwata |

Corporate lawyer Siddharth Manchanda has returned to Induslaw as a partner in Mumbai after a two-year stint as general counsel at edtech company Unacademy.

HK law firm OLN adds corporate partner from KWM

by Sarah Wong |

Hong Kong firm Oldham, Li & Nie has hired corporate and commercial lawyer Gary Lam as a partner from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was a counsel.