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India’s JSA names partners Malik, Thomas to exec committee

BY Mari Iwata |

Indian law firm JSA has named partners Rupinder Malik and Varghese Thomas to its newly reconstituted executive committee and announced that joint managing partners Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy will continue in their roles for three more years.
Linklaters nabs Ashurst’s Japan corporate/M&A head

BY Mari Iwata |

Linklaters has hired transactional lawyer Tracy Whiriskey has a partner in Tokyo from Ashurst, where she headed that firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Japan, and insurance practice in Asia.
Japan’s Midosuji makes IP hire from Yuasa & Hara

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Osaka-headquartered Midosuji LPC has hired intellectual property expert Kozo Yabe as a partner in Tokyo from Yuasa & Hara, where he worked for more than three decades.
Bangkok: Kudun hires corporate partner from accounting firm

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Thai law firm Kudun and Partners has hired Thanyaluck (Bee) Thongrompo as a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice from accounting firm PKF Tax and Consulting Services.
SG: Clyde boosts regulatory capability with Harry Elias hire

BY Mari Iwata |

Clyde & Co has hired regulatory and investigations lawyer Weiyi Tan as a partner in Singapore from Harry Elias Partnership.
India: Saraf continues expansion with disputes hire from P&A

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Saraf and Partners, established last year, has continued its growth spurt with the hire of disputes and IP expert Shashank Manish as a partner in Delhi from P&A Law Offices.
Khaitan grows newly opened SG office with SAM disputes hire

BY Mari Iwata |

Khaitan & Co, India’s second-largest firm, has added a third partner to its Singapore office, which opened in August last year. Dispute resolution lawyer Kartikey Mahajan joins from the Mumbai office of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM), where he was a counsel.
Former Ince lit partner joins Jia Yuan’s HK association firm

BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |

Hong Kong firm Anthony Siu & Co, PRC firm Jia Yuan Law Offices’ association firm in the city, has hired Bonita Chan, an expert in commercial litigation and arbitration, as a partner from Ince.
Partner movement at Kirkland HK continues with PE hire from Ropes

BY Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Kirkland & Ellis has hired private equity and M&A lawyer Peng Yu as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Ropes & Gray.
Hariani loses disputes partner to IndusLaw

BY Aparna Sai |

India’s IndusLaw has hired dispute resolution expert Soura Subha Ghosh as a partner in Mumbai from Hariani & Co.