Private equity funds and M&A specialist Sayak Maity has joined U.S. law firm White & Case as a partner in Singapore from India’s AZB & Partners.
Maity assists PE funds on investments in India and the wider Asia-Pacific region. He also advises on joint ventures and corporate governance.
Prior to his stint at AZB, Maity worked in an in-house role at Tata Sons, and was also with law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
White & Case currently has 13 partners, including Maity, in its Singapore office.
Global law firm White & Case has advised Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) on the acquisition through its U.S. subsidiary of an equity interest in Gulf Coast LNG Holdings, which owns an interest in the Freeport LNG project in Texas, from JERA Americas for approximately $380 million.
Global law firm White & Case has announced the expansion of its investment funds practice in Tokyo with the additions of Sayako Shiraki as local partner and Hiroto Nakayama as counsel. Both were managing associates at Linklaters.
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Daniel Abercromby as a partner in its Hong Kong office from White & Case, where he was a joint leader of the Asia Sponsor Finance practice.