HK: Simmons lands disputes partner from Jingtian
BY Aparna Sai |Simmons & Simmons has hired disputes expert Gary Yin as a partner in Hong Kong from PRC firm Jingtian & Gongcheng, where he led the disputes and investigations practice.
India’s HSA recruits corporate partner from CAM
BY Aparna Sai |Indian law firm HSA Advocates has hired corporate specialist Saurya Bhattacharya as a partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
Latham stars in $420 mln Philippine thermal energy deal
BY Aparna Sai |Latham & Watkins has advised Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC on its proposed 20 billion Philippine peso ($420 million) acquisition of a stake in AC Energy Philippines.
Delhi: IndusLaw snaps up competition partner from JSA
BY Aparna Sai |India’s IndusLaw has grown its competition practice with the hire of Unnati Agarwal as a partner in Delhi from J. Sagar Associates, where she was an associate principal.
State of the Market: Malaysia
BY Elizabeth Beattie |The COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed some of the year’s biggest events and set well-laid plans into a tailspin. Now, on the brink of a new year, as economies look to open up, the focus is firmly on the future.
State of the Market: Hong Kong and Singapore
BY Elizabeth Beattie |As a pandemic year winds to a close, businesses in Asia are hopeful that 2021 will be a year of recovery and possibility. With a vaccine on the horizon and talk of borders reopening, the picture is remarkably brighter than it was just a few months ago.
Network To Get Work
BY Elizabeth Beattie |How can law firms hit the ground running post-pandemic and start 2021 strongly? Legal networks like Lex Mundi are here to help.
‘Lawyers play a fundamental role in conducting diligence’
BY Elizabeth Beattie |Archana Kotecha is the Hong Kong-based CEO and founder of The Remedy Project, a social enterprise that develops greater protection for vulnerable workers and identifies exploitation risks. She talks to Asian Legal Business about how the project can support companies’ broader human rights due diligence efforts, and the role lawyers should play.
Biotech IPO Surge a Shot in the Arm for Hong Kong
BY Elizabeth Beattie |As Hong Kong’s capital markets continue to have a strong year, one trend has been clear: The growing number of listings by Chinese biotech and biopharma companies.
Going Beyond the Law
BY Asian Legal Business |The recent push to compete with multi-disciplinary firms like the Big Four has resulted in law firms planning their own forays into non-law services, and the pandemic has only accelerated that trend. However, experts feel that firms should consider their strategies carefully.
Withers banking duo joins Singapore’s Harry Elias
BY Aparna Sai |Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership has hired banking and finance specialists Pearl Lim and Chan Wai Chong as partners from Withers.
Tokyo: M&A expert joins Latham from Nishimura
BY Aparna Sai |Latham & Watkins has hired M&A specialist Hiroaki (Hiro) Takagi as a partner in Tokyo from Nishimura & Asahi, where he spent more than 15 years.