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HFW expands Indonesia offering with local tie-up

BY Raj Gunashekar |

UK law firm HFW has bolstered its Indonesia offering by formalising an alliance with Rahayu & Partners in Jakarta.
Withers KhattarWong adds M&A partner from Drew

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Withers KhattarWong, the formal law alliance between Withers and Singapore firm KhattarWong, has hired Farhana Siddiqui from Drew & Napier as partner.
PwC Legal opens in Singapore with Ashurst, NRF hires

BY Raj Gunashekar |

PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal has opened an office in Singapore, its first in the Asia-Pacific region, with the hires of partners Natalie Breen and Keith McGuire from Norton Rose Fulbright and Ashurst, respectively.
MoFo, Freshies, Slaughters, Davis Polk on $32 bln chip deal

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Morrison & Foerster and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have represented Japanese tech company SoftBank on its proposed $32 billion acquisition of British chip designer ARM Holdings
K&S, Freshies advise Gulf Capital on purchase of Saudi F&B distributor

BY Ashima Ohri |

King & Spalding and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer provided M&A and financing advice to Gulf Capital on a 100 percent acquisition of Multibrands Trading
Shearman advises Engie, International Power on stake sales in Indonesia, India

BY Eileen Ang |

Shearman & Sterling has represented advised French utility conglomerate Engie Global Developments and International Power (Impala) on the sale of their 35.5 percent stake in Indonesia’s Paiton coal-fired power plant to Qatar-based infrastructure investment firm Nebras Power, which turned to Clifford Chance for counsel.
Second CWT partner leaves for Simmons in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Corporate partner Joseph Lee has left Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s Hong Kong office to rejoin UK firm Simmons & Simmons, where he had worked for seven years until 2007.
White & Case strengthens India practice with partner hire

BY Kanishk Verghese |

White & Case has bolstered its global M&A and India practices with the hire of Pradyumna Mysoor as a local partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
KWM nabs securities partner from HSF in Hong Kong

BY Kanishk Verghese |

King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its corporate and securities practice with the hire of Gary Lock from Herbert Smith Freehills as a partner in Hong Kong.
White & Case recruits PE partner from Linklaters in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

White & Case has hired private equity specialist Peggy Wang from Linklaters as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.