Nixon Peabody CWL has hired Jonathan Lee as a corporate partner in its Hong Kong office, from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was a consultant.

Eversheds has hired disputes specialist Rachael Shek as a partner in Hong Kong from Herbert Smith Freehills.

UK law firm DAC Beachcroft has applied for a license to set up a joint venture in Malaysia with local outfit Gan Partnership, its associated firm in Malaysia for the past few years.

Dentons has advised Oman’s Bank Dhofar on the establishment of its $500 million Euro Medium Term Note programme listed on the Irish Stock Exchange

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Clifford Chance has named Geraint Hughes as the new regional managing partner of its nine Asia Pacific offices, spanning Greater China, North and South East Asia and Australia.

Gulf law firm Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) has represented Tenfu (Hong Kong) Holdings in a joint venture with UAE-based Rise General Trading

Withers has advised the State Bank of India over a £300 million ($423 million) loan facility for the acquisition of The Old War Office in London by the Hinduja Group, which was represented by Norton Rose Fulbright.

Al Tamimi & Company has won an appeal on behalf of its client, DNB Bank, setting a precedent for the potential enforcement of foreign court judgements throughout the UAE using the DIFC Courts as a conduit.

Dentons has represented MENA Infrastructure Fund on the sale of its interest in Oman’s United Power Company SAOG (UPC) to Saudi Arabian company Khaled Juffali Energy and Utilities.