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Mumbai: IndusLaw adds corporate partner from CAM

BY Aparna Sai |

India’s IndusLaw has grown its corporate practice with the hire of Ravi Kumar as a partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM).
SG now home to more than 1,000 law firms, 6,300 lawyers: report

BY Aparna Sai |

Despite the pandemic, Singapore has seen an increase in the number of law practices, according to a report in the Straits Times. The city-state had 1016 law firms as of Sept. 27, up from 998 on Dec. 31 last year.
Pinsent Masons HK head passes away

BY Aparna Sai |

​​​​​​​Vincent Connor, head of Pinsent Masons’ Hong Kong office and a former head of Asia for the firm, passed away on Oct. 5 following a period of illness.
Goodwin scores two funds partners in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

U.S. law firm Goodwin Procter has hired private investment funds specialists Phil Culhane and Elyn Xing as partners in Hong Kong. Culhane was most running his own practice, Culhane & Associates, while Xing joins from Debevoise & Plimpton.
HK: Weil hires restructuring partner from Ropes

BY Aparna Sai |

U.S. firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired insolvency expert Kathleen Aka as a partner in Hong Kong from Ropes & Gray.
Dentons gets Asia real estate head from Paul Hastings

BY Aparna Sai |

Dentons has hired David Blumenfeld as the head of its Asia-Pacific real estate practice from Paul Hastings, where he held a similar role. He is based in Hong Kong.
Links gets new Asia energy leader from HSF

BY Aparna Sai |

Linklaters has hired Mark Veitch as the head of its Asia energy and infrastructure practice from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he led the front-end construction practice for Southeast Asia.
ZICO adds 2 senior tax lawyers in Singapore

BY Aparna Sai |

ZICO Insights Law, the ZICO Law network’s Singapore member firm, has hired Liu Hern Kuan and Vincent Ooi as the head and deputy head of its tax practice, respectively.
Drew-helmed regional law firm network adds Philippine member

BY Aparna Sai |

The Philippines’ Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano (MVGS) has become the latest firm to join Drew Network Asia (DNA), Singapore Big Four law firm Drew & Napier’s regional network.
17th ALB Japan Law Awards lauds country’s best lawyers, work

BY Aparna Sai |

The 17th ALB Japan Law Awards, a virtual event which was held on Sept. 30, honoured the outstanding achievements of individuals, law firms, in-house teams and legal work in and related to the country.