Skip to main content

Morgan Lewis Stamford has added Edward Bennett as corporate and M&A partner in Singapore from Ashurst.

Bennett advises clients on private equity, M&A, capital markets secondary buyout, and refinancing matters.His experience also covers the structuring and formation of closed-ended buyouts, infrastructure, and mezzanine funds, secondary transfer of fund interests and subsequent closings, and carried interest structuring for investment funds.

At Ashurst, Bennett focused on cross-border strategic and investment transactions in Southeast Asia.

In 2015, Morgan Lewis expanded into Singapore with the establishment of Morgan Lewis Stamford, a partnership with Stamford Law Corporation. It marked the first time that a local outfit full integrated with an international firm.

Related Articles

Appointments

Former Gibson Dunn Asia arbitration head joins One Essex Court

by Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

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.

Appointments

Hogan Lovells poaches arbitration partner from Ashurst in Singapore

by Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

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.

Appointments

CMS boosts HK funds practice with another Mayer Brown hire

by Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

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.