White & Case hires two partners from Linklaters in HK, Baker Botts nabs Trowers' duo in Dubai and much more in our weekly Asia appointments table.

Al Tamimi & Company has opened its second Saudi Arabia office in Jeddah, the country’s second-largest city after the capital Riyadh.

Ernst & Young has added 55-lawyer Seoul firm Apex Legal to its legal network, as it looks to expand its footprint across the Asia-Pacific network.

Rajah & Tann has hired Tan Chuan Thye SC as a Partner in the Appeals and Issues Practice from Stamford Law Corporation in Singapore.

Watson Farley Williams Asia Practice has advised Malaysian oil and gas services firm SapuraKencana Petroleum on the signing of its $2.3 billion Islamic loan with consortium of 11 lenders coordinated by Maybank, which was represented by Allen & Overy.

Baker Botts has hired not one, but two key Trowers & Hamlins partners in Dubai after snapping up the latter firm’s UAE head, Abdullah Mutawi, and its international disputes chief, Lucas Pitts.

Albar & Partners continued to dominate at the ALB Malaysia Law Awards, after collecting eight gongs at the second edition, twice its haul from last year. These included Malaysia Deal of the Year, Malaysia Law Firm of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year, with the latter two going to Datuk Syed Zaid Albar.

UK law firm DWF has opened an office in Dubai, its first outside the British Isles, after hiring two lawyers from Holland & Knight, including construction partner Steven Hunt.

King & Spalding has hired Richard Nelson, former head of Herbert Smith Freehills’ Southeast Asia energy practice, as a partner in its Singapore office.