JSA bolsters M&A, PE practice with Quillon partner

by Nimitt Dixit |

 

JSA Advocates & Solicitors has continued its market-leading 2024 expansion with the addition of Rohan Kumar as a partner in its Mumbai-based M&A and private equity practice. He was previously a partner at Quillon Partners.

Kumar brings over 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, merger…

SAM hires white-collar specialist in Delhi

by Nimitt Dixit |

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has added investigations expert Rohit Dhingra as a partner in its white-collar crime practice in Delhi. Dhingra was previously a managing director in the risk advisory and investigation practice at FTI Consulting.

Former Trilegal equity partner becomes CAM’s fourth September partner hire

by Nimitt Dixit |

Rohan Ghosh Roy, a former Trilegal partner who helped build the firm’s technology and private equity clientele, is joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as equity partner in Mumbai, following a two-year career break.

Former Perkins Coie Beijing partners join Loeb’s Beijing office with 17-member team

U.S. law firm Loeb & Loeb has welcomed James Zimmerman and Scott Palmer as partners in its Beijing office. They will be joined by a team of 15 lawyers, paralegals, and intellectual property specialists from Perkins Coie’s Beijing office, which recently announced its closure this week.

Bakers-KL Korea JV launches tax practice with Kim & Chang duo

by Nimitt Dixit |

Baker McKenzie KLP JV, the South Korean joint venture law firm between Baker McKenzie and KL Partners, has continued its ongoing market expansion with the launch of a tax practice with the addition of Kim & Chang attorneys John Kwak and Doug Suh.

Korea’s Shin & Kim gets new head of financial regulatory group

by Nimitt Dixit |

Korean Big Six law firm Shin & Kim has continued the growth of its regulatory focus in 2024 with the addition of Seongkoo Cheong as a partner to lead its financial regulatory practice.

Guantao & Chow expands HK team with SKYS partner duo

by Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |

PRC law firm Guantao & Chow has strengthened its corporate and intellectual property practice in Hong Kong with the hire of partners Keung Yui Fai and Yen Barry Joseph from HK boutique So Keung Yip & Sin (SKYS). A team of four lawyers joins Keung and Yen.

NRF Indo firm hires disputes partner from Soemadipradja

Indonesia’s TNB & Partners, which operates in association with Norton Rose Fulbright, has hired disputes and arbitration specialist Erie Tobing as a partner from local outfit Soemadipradja & Taher.

CAM takes 60-member IndusLaw cap markets team in India’s largest hire of the year

by Nimitt Dixit |

In the largest group move of the year so far in India’s legal market, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is set to add a 60-lawyer capital markets team, including eight partners, from IndusLaw, two sources with knowledge of the move confirmed to ALB.

Withers bolsters Asia real estate offering with lateral, promotion

International law firm Withers has bolstered its real estate practice in Asia with the addition of a two-lawyer team in Singapore from Shook Lin & Bok, led by partner Chau Hwei Lee, and the promotion of Akinari Nakano to partner in Tokyo.