Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Asian Legal Business

Akin Gump beefs up Asia oil and gas practice with partner hire

BY Kanishk Verghese | 03 Jul 15

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired oil and gas lawyer Paul Greening from Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Akin Gump bolsters investigations and compliance practice in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese | 10 Feb 15

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added to its investigations and compliance expertise in Hong Kong, relocating international trade partner Tatman Savio from Washington, D.C., and hiring litigation lawyer Vena Cheng as a senior consultant.

Last Bingham HK partner leaves to join Mayer Brown JSM

BY Shangjing Li | 07 Jan 15

Mayer Brown JSM has boosted its banking and finance practice in Hong Kong with the recent hire of partner Vincent Sum from Bingham McCutchen.

Two more Bingham partners leave for Akin Gump amid merger talks with Morgan Lewis

BY Kanishk Verghese | 30 Sep 14

Hong Kong-based restructuring partner Mark Fucci and funds partner Anne-Marie Godfrey have joined 26 other partners in leaving Bingham McCutchen for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld amid merger talks between the Boston-headquartered firm and Philadelphia’s Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

22 partners leave Bingham McCutchen for Akin Gump

BY Aviel Tan, Reuters | 18 Sep 14

Twenty two partners have left Bingham McCutchen to join Akin Gump’s offices in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt.

Akin Gump stars in 1st Bangladeshi international bond offering

BY ALB | 16 May 14

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has advised Banglalink Digital Communications, the second-largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh, on its $300 million senior notes offering due 2019 on the Singapore Exchange.

Softbank’s $2.3 bln purchase of rival assisted by six firms

BY Candice Mak | 03 Oct 12

Morrison & Foerster, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are reportedly involved in Softbank's acquisition of eAccess.

Akin Gump to open Hong Kong branch; applies for Singapore outpost

BY Artemisia Ng | 22 Feb 12

U.S. firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is all set to open a Hong Kong office within the next few weeks. The firm is also planning to launch a new outpost in Singapore.

Abu Dhabi: Akin Gump hires Norton Rose partner

BY Pamela koh | 09 Oct 11

U.S. firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired Norton Rose partner Oli Charlesworth as its latest partner addition to its finance practice in Abu Dhabi.