Nishimura & Asahi has advised Japanese insurance company Sompo Holdings, which was represented by Cooley, on its $500 million investment in Silicon Valley data analytics company Palantir Technologies.

Alternative legal services provider Axiom has shelved plans for an initial public offering after receiving an undisclosed amount of investment from European private equity firm Permira Funds.

U.S. law firm Cooley is planning to open an office in Singapore after hiring Ferish Patel from Gunderson Dettmer, where he led the firm’s presence in the city-state.

U.S. law firm Cooley has appointed capital markets lawyer Michael Yu as a partner in Hong Kong from Sidley Austin, where he was a counsel.

U.S. law firm Cooley is set to become a rare new American firm to open in Hong Kong after hiring corporate specialist Will Cai as a partner from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has advised Japan’s Nippon Shokubai on its acquisition of Sirrus, a U.S.-based chemical company, which was represented by Cooley.

AZB & Partners advises the brokers in India’s NHPC’s $404 mln share sale, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acts as domestic advisor to Computer Sciences Corporation’s overseas acquisition of Xchanging, and many more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.