Stephenson Harwood SG alliance firm lands corp partner from Dentons
Virtus Law, UK law firm Stephenson Harwood's Singapore alliance firm, has hired corporate lawyer Eunice Yao as a partner from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson.
Ropes, Latham, Freshies act on $1.1 bln PropertyGuru take-private
Ropes & Gray has advised Swedish investment firm EQT AB on its offer to acquire New York-listed Singapore-based online real estate platform PropertyGuru for $1.1 billion.
HSF grows energy practice with W&C hire in Singapore
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its energy capabilities in Singapore with the addition of former White & Case counsel Ee Lynn Tan as a partner.
Fangda launches in Singapore with M&A partner hire from WFW
Shanghai-headquartered Fangda Partners has launched an office in Singapore with the addition of M&A partner Ivy Liu from Watson Farley & Williams.
SG: Former K&L Gates Straits Law head sets up own boutique
Veteran litigator Sreenivasan Narayan SC has left the managing partner role at K&L Gates Straits Law to set up his own dispute resolution and advisory firm in Singapore, Sreenivasan Chambers.
Han Kun makes corporate hire in SG from Withers KhattarWong
Han Kun Law Office has added corporate partner Chuo Ming Leong along with his team, Low Shan You, Chow Su Rin, and Lanabel Teo, in its Singapore office.
SH, Allens act on $726 mln offshore wind energy take-private
Stephenson Harwood and Australian law firm Allens have advised Singapore's Cyan Renewables, which operates vessels for offshore wind farms, on its acquisition of ASX-listed MMA Offshore for A$1.1 billion ($726 million).
Harry Elias lands construction arbitration expert from LVM Law Chambers
Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership has hired construction and engineering arbitration expert Joanna Seetoh as a partner from LVM Law Chambers, where she was an associate director.
Shearman Asia arb head joins K&S in Singapore
U.S. law firm King & Spalding has hired international arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in Singapore from the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling, where he led that firm’s Asia international arbitration practice.
A Q&A with Lim Chong Kin, one of ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers [Brought to you by Drew & Napier]
The technology sector has become increasingly prominent in the past few years, partly because of the pandemic, and partly due to the emergence of new areas – from AI to fintech to decentralised finance and everything in between. To succeed in this dynamic environment, the best TMT lawyers have had to keep up with rapidly changing business and regulatory trends.