Singapore Big Four law firm Allen & Gledhill has hired aviation attorney Siva Subramaniam from Herbert Smith Freehills to lead its aviation finance practice and co-lead its maritime group.

Anglo-Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired a second energy-focused M&A partner from U.S. law firm King & Spalding in Asia in less than a month, as Lachlan Clancy joins the firm in Tokyo.

Anglo-Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills will shut its Malaysian office at the end of April 2024, the firm has announced.

Herbert Smith Freehills has hired energy expert Anthony Patten as a senior partner in Singapore from King & Spalding, where he was a partner.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Vietur consortium on its successful $1.5 billion bid to build a terminal building at Ho Chi Minh City's under-construction Long Thanh Airport.

UK law firm Watson Farley & Williams has recruited disputes expert Andrew Raymond as a partner in Singapore from the Seoul office of Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a senior associate.

Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its private capital bench in Singapore after hiring Peiwen Chen as a partner from White & Case, and relocated partner Malika Chandrasegaran from the firm's Sydney office.

The Asian market has been through a tumultuous few years, with pandemic-related disruptions, inflation and geopolitical conflicts breaking economic momentum - and the legal industry has not been spared. Chief executives of global law firms with a strong Asian presence share how firms have diversified client bases, responded to fast-changing client demands and explored new Asian markets to continue growth during this period.

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker McKenzie in Singapore, has hired corporate lawyer Theodore Heng as a principal from Herbert Smith Freehills.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills and its Indonesian association firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung have advised the Indonesia Investment Authority, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on its near $1.3 billion investment in two sections of the Trans Sumatera Toll Road.