Singapore boutique FLA adds matrimonial law expert
BY Nimitt Dixit |Singapore-based boutique firm Focus Law Asia has bolstered its matrimonial law capabilities with the addition of June Lim as a director. Lim joins FLA after a decade of running her own matrimonial firm, Eden Law Corporation.
SG: Insurance heavy-hitter joins Kennedys from RPC
BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |UK law firm Kennedys has hired insurance industry veteran Mark Errington as a partner in Singapore from RPC. Errington is set to join in July.
Why are Singapore’s maritime authorities investigating a shipping crash in the U.S.?
BY Nimitt Dixit, Sarah Wong |On March 26, the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore, taking the lives of six bridge construction workers. Since then, the city-state has sent shipping regulators to the U.S. for an investigation that brings international maritime laws to the fore, as authorities determine liability and damages arising from the wreckage.
SG: U.S. law firm Rimon hires Gibson Dunn restructuring head
BY Nimitt Dixit |San Francisco-headquartered law firm Rimon, which operates using a decentralised, distributed model, has brought on board Troy Doyle as partner and chair of its global restructuring group.
Milbank, A&G advise Philippines’ Hotel101 Global on $2.3 bln SPAC merger
BY Sarah Wong |U.S. law firm Milbank and Singapore’s Allen & Gledhill have advised Hotel101 Global, the hotel arm of Philippines-listed real estate firm DoubleDragon, on its $2.3 billion proposed Nasdaq listing through a SPAC merger.
UK insurance firm Fenchurch to enter Asia with SG office
BY Nimitt Dixit |Insurance-focused law firm Fenchurch Law has expanded its offerings beyond the UK for the first time, announcing plans for an office in Singapore.
Aussie law firm W+K to open in SG with Kennedys hires
BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |Sydney-headquartered insurance and risk-focused law firm Wotton + Kearney (W+K) is set to open an office in Singapore in June after hiring Kennedys partners Ben Nicholson and Tom Morrison.
SG: Another McDermott energy partner joins WFW
BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |Watson Farley & Williams has hired a second energy partner in Singapore from U.S. law firm McDermott, Will & Emery in the form of Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi.
SG boutique Luo Ling Ling adds matrimonial disputes expert
BY Nimitt Dixit |Singapore-based disputes boutique Luo Ling Ling has added a fifth attorney to its team, with family and matrimonial disputes specialist Aileen Oh joining as director.
CRS continues SG expansion by adding four-strong tax team
BY Sarah Wong |Private client specialist Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has bolstered its international tax capacity in Asia by adding a four-lawyer tax team from U.S. firm Butler Snow, led by partners Kurt Rademacher and Ivan Lu, to its recently launched Singapore office.
Singapore’s Drew strengthens India offering with new disputes director
BY Nimitt Dixit |Singapore heavyweight Drew & Napier has bolstered its India-focused disputes practice with the addition of international arbitration specialist Abhinav Bhushan as a director in Singapore.
CRS gets arbitration capability in SG with hire from K&S
BY Sarah Wong |Private client specialist firm Charles Russell Speechlys has hired international arbitration and investigations expert Peter Brabant as a partner in its recently opened Singapore office from King & Spalding, where he was a counsel.