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Bakers guiding Sri Lanka through economic transformation

BY Ashima Ohri |

Baker & McKenzie is currently assisting the government of Sri Lanka with economic transformation on the island.
India’s HSA adds corp partner from Naik Naik

BY Ashima Ohri |

Indian law firm HSA Advocates has added Bharat Sharma to the firm’s corporate commercial practice in Mumbai from Naik Naik & Co.
Ashurst continues bulking up Tokyo with CC hire

BY Ashima Ohri |

Ashurst has continued its expansion in Tokyo with the hire of Tracy Whiriskey as partner in its global corporate team there from Clifford Chance.
Wong & Partners, Cheang & Ariff on Zurich Insurance’s takaful buy

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Wong & Partners has advised Zurich Insurance Company on its 525 million ringgit ($130 million) acquisition of Malaysia’s MAA Takaful Berhad from MAA Group Berhad and Solidarity Group Holding BSC
W&C to open second office in Africa with Egypt launch

BY Ashima Ohri |

White & Case is opening an office in Cairo in association with new Egyptian law firm MHR & Partners. This is the firm’s second office in Africa, to go with Johannesburg in South Africa.
India market opening moving forward as bar council drafts rules

BY Ashima Ohri |

The opening up of India’s legal market to international law firms appears to be on track after the bar council issued draft rules regarding the registration and regulation of foreign lawyers and law firms.
A&O, Freshies on $175 bln NBAD-First Gulf Bank merger

BY Ashima Ohri |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Abu Dhabi-based First Gulf Bank on its proposed merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), part of the emirate's plan to revamp its economy hit by lower oil prices.
SG: Aquinas hires corp finance head from Wong Tan & Molly Lim

BY Ashima Ohri |

Singapore’s Aquinas Law Alliance, which was formed recently from the ashes of Dacheng Wong Alliance (DCWA), has hired Lim Kok Meng as its head of corporate finance practice group from Wong Tan & Molly Lim.
Kennedys reports 144 percent increase in revenue in Singapore

BY Ashima Ohri |

International law firm Kennedys has seen its Singapore revenue jump 144 percent in the financial year 2015/16 to £7.8million ($10.3 million), up from £3.2 million ($4.2 million) a year previously.
DLA Piper in Afghanistan alliance

BY Ashima Ohri |

DLA Piper has entered into a strategic alliance Kabul-based law firm Kakar Advocates to work together on public and private sector mandates in Afghanistan, as the government and the investment community re-builds and develops the economy.