The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) will open a representative office in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) special economic zone in India

The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has named Singapore as the leading arbitration hub for Asia for the fifth year running.

King & Spalding is moving Wade Coriell, deputy head of the firm’s global international arbitration practice, from Houston to Singapore, where he will lead the firm’s disputes practice in Asia.

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Zaid Ibrahim & Co has welcomed Dato’ Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin as a senior litigation partner at the firm from Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak.

Reed Smith has hired a second Dubai partner this year from Pinsent Masons after snapping up arbitration specialist Bjӧrn Gehle.

Singapore kick-starts the Global Pound Conference (GPC) series, on 17 and 18 March 2016 at the Supreme Court of Singapore, with a myriad of private and public sector individuals and organisations in attendance, to have their say in the future of dispute resolution. In attendance at the opening and the closing of the conference will be the Chief Justice of Singapore and Senior Minister of State for Law, Ms Indranee Rajah.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has expanded its Dubai office with the hires of partners Raza Mithani and Alexander Sarac from King & Spalding and DLA Piper respectively.

Thailand's military government has asked state-run telecoms operator TOT to seek 72 billion baht ($1.99 billion) in compensation from a telecoms firm founded by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra over changes to concession contracts.

Clyde & Co. has added four new partners in Asia, two in Singapore through lateral hires, and a promotion each in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired five lawyers from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s dispute resolution team in Hong Kong, following the U.S. firm’s announcement in January that that it was exiting Asia.