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Shearman, SAM advise GE Capital India on divestment

BY Ashima Ohri |

Shearman & Sterling and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised GE on the sale of the financial service businesses of GE Capital India to a buyer group represented by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy.
Hong Kong’s HWB hires restructuring, insolvency team from Ashurst

BY Ashima Ohri |

Hong Kong boutique Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) has hired a team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers from Ashurst, led by partner Bertie Mehigan.
Lex Mundi names Lee & Ko as South Korea member firm

BY Ashima Ohri |

Legal network Lex Mundi has named Lee & Ko as its member firm for South Korea, in place of Hwang Mok Park.
German law firm CMS Hasche Sigle launches Hong Kong office

BY Ashima Ohri |

Germany’s CMS Hasche Sigle has opened its second international office in Hong Kong, closely following the opening of its Tehran office earlier this year.
Singapore CJ sets up committee to look into oversupply of lawyers

BY Ashima Ohri |

Sundaresh Menon, the chief justice of Singapore, has set up a 14-member committee to examine ways in which law firms offer training contracts to fresh law graduates, as well as retain and develop them.
Sri Lanka defends seeking Bakers advice worth $2.3 mln

BY Ashima Ohri |

Sri Lanka’s prime minister has defended utilising the services of Baker & McKenzie that included helping draft new laws to assist in the island nation’s economic transformation, according to reports in local media.
AZB guides India’s SBI on its merger with six other public sector banks

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

AZB & Partners has advised India’s government, as well as the state-owned State Bank of India (SBI) on its merger with six associated public sector banks, marking the first-ever large-scale consolidation in the Indian banking industry.
U.S. whistleblower law firms scout for clients in India

BY Ashima Ohri |

Rising drug manufacturing-related violations in India and the involvement of U.S. companies in the scene have resulted in whistleblower law firms from the U.S. looking for potential clients in the South Asian country, according to media reports.
Singapore law firm goes after illegal downloaders… again

BY Ashima Ohri |

Singapore’s Samuel Seow Law Corporation is representing the rights owners of two Hollywood movies, “Queen of the Desert” and “Fathers & Daughters,” in legal proceedings that aim to go after illegal downloader of the films in the city-state.
Shearman, CAM guide India renewables firm on $500 mln green bond offering

BY Ashima Ohri |

Shearman & Sterling and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas have advised Indian renewables company Greenko on its $500 million seven-year bond, India’s first high-yield green bond issuance. Bedell Cristin acted as Mauritius counsel.