![](/sites/default/files/styles/news_landing_page/public/news/tn%20Sonali%20Mahapatra.jpg?itok=5RX66vc-)
FORUM: Collective Advantage
Collaboration is the most powerful driver of client institutionalisation. According to Thomson Reuters’ research, clients who identify collaborative teams within an outside law firm spend an average of 56 percent of their budget at that firm — more than twice the average share of spend received by the firms that clients use the most.
EXPLAINER: Unpacking the GIFT City Remittance Regime
The Reserve Bank of India has recently expanded the scope of remittances to International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs), permitting Indian residents to open foreign currency accounts in the country’s first IFSC, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, also known as GIFT City.
Q&A: Beyond the Boundary: How Law Is Influencing Sports Governance
Nandan Kamath is a sports lawyer and the founder of LawNK, a law firm based in Bengaluru specialising in sports, technology, and media law, representing a diverse clientele that includes national and international sports federations, leagues, teams, sponsors, and athletes.
IN-HOUSE INSIGHT: How General Counsel Can Set the Gold Standard
Over my close to 20 years in the legal profession, I have heard and read many preconceived notions about in-house versus law firm experience.
Singapore: Jones Day nabs corporate partner from K&S
U.S. law firm Jones Day has hired Parveet Singh Gandoak as a partner in its corporate practice in Singapore from King & Spalding.
CC guides Singapore's SeaTown on $1.3 bln private credit fund
Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has advised Singapore-based alternative investment firm SeaTown Holdings International on its $1.3 billion second private credit fund from limited partners including insurance companies and family offices.
Indian law firm SKV advises Tata Power on $822 mln Bhutan hydro project
New Delhi-founded law firm SKV Law Offices has advised Tata Power Company in the formation of a strategic partnership with Druk Green Power Corporation (DGP) to develop the 600 MW Kholongchhu Hydropower Project in Bhutan.
NO&T, MHM, AMT advise on Itochu’s $1.24 bln bid to take over Descente
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is advising Japanese trading house Itochu Corp on its 182.6-billion-yen ($1.24 billion) offer to take full control of sportswear maker Descente, which is being represented by Mori Hamada & Matsumoto.
STB, Nishimura, MHM act on $4 bln take-private offer for Japan’s Fuji Soft
Nishimura & Asahi and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are advising U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co on its plan to take Japanese system developer Fuji Soft under a management buyout worth about 600 billion yen ($4.09 billion).
Skadden, STB advise on Timee’s $435mln Japan IPO
U.S. law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has guided Timee, Inc, a Japanese on-demand job platform, on its $435 million initial public offering and listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised the international managers on the deal.