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Maples welcomes DR&I partners in HK, Cayman Islands

BY Aparna Sai |

Offshore firm Maples and Calder has expanded its global dispute resolution and insolvency practice after hiring Nick Stern and Quentin Cregan as partners in its Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands offices, respectively.
One more departure for BCLP in Singapore as K&L snaps up partner

BY Aparna Sai |

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has added Marius Toime as a corporate partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP).
Companies mull cutting Hong Kong out of Asia contracts: FT

BY Aparna Sai |

International corporations working on deals in Asia, or entering into joint ventures with Chinese and other Asian counterparties, are considering excluding Hong Kong from governing law and arbitration clauses in legal contracts,

ALB Conversations: Bahram N. Vakil, co-founder and senior partner, AZB & Partners

BY Aparna Sai |

Bahram N. Vakil, co-founder and senior partner at AZB & Partners, talks about why the firm is more focused on quality than size, how AZB’s lawyers dealt with challenges posed by the pandemic, and why he prefers not to have solo superstars but rather team players.
DLA Hong Kong real estate team sees another exit

BY Aparna Sai |

Janice Yau Garton, a former of counsel at UK firm DLA Piper, has joined Stephenson Harwood as a real estate partner in Hong Kong.
Tokyo: AMT adds foreign counsel from Korea’s BKL

BY Aparna Sai |

Tokyo-headquartered firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (AMT) has hired David MacArthur as a senior foreign counsel in the international arbitration practice and will be operating out of the firm’s Tokyo and Singapore offices from Bae Kim & Lee (BKL) where he was a partner in Seoul.
SG: Latham projects practice witnesses another departure

BY Aparna Sai |

UK firm Ashurst has added project finance expert Andrew Roche as a partner in Singapore from Latham & Watkins.
Singapore: CMS Holborn hires former CC counsel as banking head

BY Aparna Sai |

CMS Holborn Asia, the Singapore foreign law alliance (FLA) of CMS, has hired Daniel Tan as the head of its banking and finance practice. Tan was earlier a counsel at Clifford Chance.
OMM names new HK MP after incumbent heads to A&O

BY Aparna Sai |

O’Melveny & Myers has appointed Nima Amini as the managing partner of its Hong Kong office in place of James Ford, who moved to Allen & Overy.
Singapore’s CNPLaw adds corporate partner

BY Aparna Sai |

Singapore law firm CNPLaw has hired corporate lawyer Low Wee Siong as a partner from local rival Wong Tan & Molly Lim.