K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has hired project finance specialist Sarah Park as a partner from the Seoul office of White & Case.

Allen & Overy has hired Melody Chan as a partner in Hong Kong from White & Case, where she was the head of Greater China dispute resolution practice.

Morrison Foerster has welcomed Tabitha Saw as a partner in Singapore from White & Case, the firm’s second private equity partner hire in two months.

White & Case has advised U.S. fund EIG on its subsidiary MidOcean Energy’s $2.15 billion acquisition of Tokyo Gas’s stakes in a portfolio of four Australian LNG projects, with Norton Rose Fulbright acting for the seller.

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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and White & Case have advised Adani Enterprises on its $392 million agreement to acquire Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund's India toll roads in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy representing the sellers.

White & Case has hired energy and project development expert Julien Bocobza as a partner in Tokyo from Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office.

Nishimura & Asahi, Japan’s largest law firm, has hired energy and natural resources specialist Alexander Woody as a partner in Tokyo from White & Case, where he spent 22 years.

Allen & Overy has advised the Republic of Indonesia on its $3.25 billion sale of U.S. dollar-denominated Islamic bonds with 5-year and 10-year tenures, the country's biggest global sukuk issuance, with White & Case representing the arrangers and managers.

Watson Farley & Williams has welcome back aviation finance expert Simon Collins as a partner in Hong Kong from White & Case, where he spent 17 years.