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India lateral partner hire roundup: January 2024

BY Mari Iwata |

Lateral hiring dried up a little bit in December, but three Indian law firms still brought in partners. Dentons Link Legal landed its seventh of the year, while Lumiere Law Partners lost three more.
PRC firm DeHeng hires another partner in Hong Kong

BY Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |

The Hong Kong office of Beijing-headquartered DeHeng Law Offices has made its second partner hire in a matter of weeks after bringing on board corporate expert Samuel Ng from U.S. outfit Paul Hastings.
SG: Withers real estate team jumps to Shook Lin

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok has upped its corporate real estate capabilities with the addition of a team of lawyers from Withers KhattarWong.
Nishimura targets more SE Asia work with 1st Philippines-qualified partner

BY Sarah Wong |

Japan’s largest law firm, Nishimura & Asahi, has hired corporate specialist Jason Jose R. Jiao as a partner in Tokyo from Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. Jiao is the first Philippines-qualified partner in Nishimura’s Tokyo office.  
Trilegal hires 2nd partner in a week with the return of governance pro from EY

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Indian law firm Trilegal has continued its hot hiring streak in 2023 with the addition of the year’s fourteenth lateral partner of the year – and the second within a week – in the form of corporate governance expert Sampath Rajagopalan, who returns to the firm from EY in Delhi.
Freshfields enhances Japan M&A offering with dual partner hire

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added transactional attorneys Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist as partners in its Tokyo office from Latham & Watkins and Mayer Brown, respectively.
Trilegal continues 2023 lateral streak with corporate partner in Delhi

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Indian law firm Trilegal has continued its aggressive expansion with a 13th partner hire in 2023, adding corporate partner Rachita Bhat from S&R Associates in New Delhi.
Hong Kong boutique GPS adds another partner

BY Mari Iwata |

Hong Kong boutique Georgiou Payne Stewien (GPS) has recruited its second partner in a matter of months, with corporate lawyer John Koh joining as a partner from FitzGerald Lawyers.
India’s Saraf adds M&A partner from Trilegal

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Indian law firm Saraf & Partners has added infrastructure-focused M&A attorney Dhruv Chatterjee as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice.
Former P&G, Dyson legal head joins India’s Anand

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Shailyamanyu Singh, who has previously held the roles of regional legal head of Dyson in Asia and general counsel of Procter & Gamble’s India business, has relocated from his Singapore-base to join Indian intellectual property law firm Anand and Anand as designate partner.