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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).
Employment partner leaves Simmons for Hong Kong’s Gall

BY Aparna Sai |

Matthew Durham, a former Asia employment law chair at Winston & Strawn, has left the Shanghai office of Simmons & Simmons to join Hong Kong boutique firm Gall.
SG: Simmons beefs up investment practice with partner hire

BY Aparna Sai |

Simmons & Simmons has hired venture capital specialist Dax Lim as a partner in Singapore from Osborne Clarke.
HK: Simmons snaps up finance lawyer from CC

BY Aparna Sai |

Simmons & Simmons has added financial markets specialist James Pedley as a partner in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, where he was a foreign legal consultant.
SG: Corp partner rejoins WFW from Simmons

BY Aparna Sai |

Corporate partner Damian Adams has left Simmons & Simmons to rejoin Watson Farley & Williams in Singapore.
Weerawong, Simmons, A&O act on Thailand’s largest M&A deal

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners and Simmons & Simmons have represented Thailand’s Global Power Synergy Company (GPSC) on the $2.93 billion acquisition of a 69.1 percent stake in Glow Energy, with Hunton Andrews Kurth and Allen & Overy advising the sellers.
Simmons duo joins Morgan Lewis in HK, SG

BY Aparna Sai |

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired two lawyers from Simmons & Simmons: Corporate expert Karun Cariappa has joined Morgan Lewis Stamford in Singapore, while investment management specialist Helen Fok has joined the Hong Kong office.
Simmons gets new Tokyo head from NZ firm Kensington Swan

BY Aparna Sai |

Simmons & Simmons has hired Aaron Patience as new head of its Tokyo office from New Zealand law firm Kensington Swan. Patience replaces Richard Kramer, who moved to Jones Day.
Jones Day lands Simmons’ Japan country head

BY Aparna Sai |

Jones Day has appointed infrastructure and energy expert Richard Kramer as partner in its global energy practice at its Tokyo office from Simmons & Simmons, where he was the country head for Japan.
Simmons continues China employment expansion with local firm hire

BY John Kang |

Simmons & Simmons has hired May Lu as a partner in its employment practice in Shanghai from local firm MWE China Law Offices.