Eversheds considers Beijing closure, plans SG return
UK-headquartered Eversheds Sutherland has confirmed to ALB that the firm is currently reviewing whether to keep its Beijing office open, while also making plans to reestablish an office in Singapore.
Addleshaws grows SG office further with Reed Smith hire
UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has added its second lateral partner in Singapore in a matter of weeks after hiring corporate expert Matt Gorman from Reed Smith.
SG boutique Joyce A Tan gets two new directors
Singapore law firm Joyce A Tan & Partners has announced the appointment of two new directors, Wendy Lee and Frederick Tay, strengthening its corporate offerings.
Latham, Zhong Lun act on $445 mln France-SG waste treatment deal
Latham & Watkins has advised French industrial group Seche Environnement on its S$605 million ($445 million) agreement to buy Singapore’s ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering from Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group.
Simmons expands SG disputes team with hire from Birds
UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired tech and financial disputes expert Lijun Chui as a partner in Singapore from Bird & Bird.
BRIEFS: Singapore ramps up national cybersecurity with expanded protection laws
Singapore is taking steps to ramp up cybersecurity, with increased regulation and oversight.
Long-time HFW partner joins Addleshaws as SG head
UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has hired energy specialist Chanaka Kumarasinghe as head of its Singapore office from HFW, where he had spent the entirety of his 22-year career.
R&T, WongP, Lee & Lee advise on $595 mln TCM deal
Singapore law firms WongPartnership, Lee & Lee and Rajah & Tann (R&T), and R&T’s Malaysian member firm Christopher & Lee Ong have advised traditional Chinese medicine firm Eu Yan Sang International (EYS) and its shareholders on the sale of 86 percent of EYS’ shares.
Dentons, CMS, Eng advise on $1.25 bln Europe student housing deal
Dentons has advised Singaporean real estate company Mapletree Investments on its one-billion-pound agreement ($1.25 billion) to acquire 8,192 student housing beds across 19 cities in the UK and Germany from Cuscaden Peak Investments, which was represented ed by CMS, Eng and Co, and Carey Olsen.
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