Tay & Partners has hired Lim Bee Yi as an IP partner in Kuala Lumpur from Shook Lin & Bok.

Rajah & Tann has taken another major step in expanding its already burgeoning Southeast Asia footprint by luring away a team of 14 lawyers, including three partners, from Hunton & Williams in Bangkok.

Wong & Partners has received a remarkable 11 nominations at Asian Legal Business’ inaugural Malaysian Law Awards, including in the prestigious Deal of the Year and Managing Partner of the Year awards.

Norton Rose Fulbright has moved Charlotte Bijlani, its London head of real estate disputes, to its office in Dubai. The move is effective from April 2014.

Reed Smith has hired Maher Al Mannaee as a partner in its corporate practice in Abu Dhabi. Al Mannaee previously worked at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) as legal counsel, and was with Standard Chartered Bank in both Singapore and Dubai before that.

Bracewell & Giuliani has hired energy expert Clint Steyn as a partner in its Dubai office from Chadbourne & Parke.

Malaysia’s five-year old initiative to push green technologies is paying dividends as Western corporations and international funding agencies are joining in to promote environment friendly projects in the country. And the related commercial documentations for the new laws and regulations have opened up fresh growth avenues for law firms. Raghavendra Verma reports

Singapore’s Ministry of Law has renewed the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences of Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins and Norton Rose Fulbright for five years, and that of White & Case for an initial period of one year.

Eversheds has named Ben Bruton as the head of its UAE practice, and appointed Nayiri Boghossian as the head of litigation and alternative dispute resolution in the Middle East.

DLA Piper has hired Adam Vause as a partner in its Middle East litigation, arbitration and investigations practice. Vause, who joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, will be based in Dubai.