Drew & Napier has opened an intellectual property office in Hanoi, Vietnam under the name of Drewmarks.

Adrian Chair and Putri Norlisa Najib, two partners of Malaysia’s Kadir Andri & Partners (KAAP), are leaving to start a boutique law firm called Putri Norlisa Chair (PNC Law).

Hogan Lovells and Hermawan Juniarto, its erstwhile Indonesian alliance firm, have ended their association.

ZICOlaw has hired Aristotle David as the new managing partner of Vientiane Law Co Ltd, its member firm in Laos, from local outfit VNA Legal.

Mayer Brown JSM and Citigroup stood out from the crowd at The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards on September 11

Asian Legal Business is welcoming nominations for the third annual Korea Law Awards, with the winners to be announced at a gala ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Friday, November 13.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM & Co) has continued its hiring spree of Mumbai’s top talent with the appointment of Shuva Mandal as partner and national head of its Corporate & M&A practice group from AZB & Partners.

Indian law firm Hammurabi & Solomon (H&S) has opened an office in the eastern city of Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar, to go with an office in Ranchi in neighbouring Jharkhand.

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing has appointed Azman Jaafar, head of the firm’s corporate practice, as deputy managing partner, and also hired a general counsel and a senior foreign counsel.

DLA Piper has hired Terry O'Regan, a specialist in international trade and maritime law, as a legal director and head of its Kuwait office.