Debevoise & Plimpton LLP won the Insurance Law Firm of the Year award at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2024, apart from being the sponsor of the Insurance In-House Team of the Year award. Edwin Northover, Asia-based corporate partner and head of the firm’s financial institutions and corporate practices in Asia, talks about the firm's recent achievements, trends in the insurance industry, and future outlook for insurance law in Hong Kong.

Hauzen, the Hong Kong association firm of the PRC's Anjie Broad Law Firm, has hired arbitration and insurance lawyer Caroline Thomas as a partner from local firm Hugill & Ip.

London-headquartered insurance-focused law firm DAC Beachcroft has expanded its presence in Asia with a new office in Hong Kong, which will operate in association with newly founded local firm CK Lee & Co.

A&O Shearman has advised German insurer Allianz on its S$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) offer for a 51 percent stake in Singapore's Income Insurance, the latest major deal in Singapore’s buzzing insurance sector.

UK law firm Kennedys has hired insurance industry veteran Mark Errington as a partner in Singapore from RPC. Errington is set to join in July.

Insurance-focused law firm Fenchurch Law has expanded its offerings beyond the UK for the first time, announcing plans for an office in Singapore.

Singapore’s Incisive Law, which specialises in shipping and commodities, has entered into an association with insurance-focused UK firm DAC Beachcroft.

Dentons Lee, Dentons’ law firm in South Korea, has hired insurance and reinsurance specialists John JungKyum Kim and Christina Jiwon Park as co-heads of its new insurance and reinsurance practice. They also serve as partners in the firm’s international disputes resolution team.