Indian law firm Kochhar & Co. has hired Faizal Latheef as corporate partner in its Dubai office from Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla.
Latheef focuses his practice on corporate and commercial law and has over 15 years of experience advising on foreign investment, joint ventures, M&A, corporate restructuring and employment matters in the Middle East.
With the addition of Latheef Kochhar’s Dubai office, which launched last year, now has five partners.
One Essex Court, a commercial set of barristers' chambers in London, has announced that Paul Tan, former partner and head of arbitration for Asia at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has joined its ranks as an international counsel and arbitrator.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has hired international arbitration expert Rob Palmer as a partner from rival Ashurst to boost its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has strengthened its Hong Kong funds practice with the hire of Helen Wang as a partner from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel.