Singapore law firm Oon & Bazul has named Lam Shiao Ning as the firm’s new head of M&A and corporate finance. Lam joins from Drew & Napier, where she was a director.
With almost 20 years of experience in corporate finance, Lam focuses on public and private M&A including domestic and cross-border deals across various industries, equity capital markets covering IPOs, venture capital, rights issues and private placements, private equity, general corporate advisory and SGX compliance work.
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.