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India’s JSA continues lateral blitz with CAM hire

BY Nimitt Dixit |

JSA Advocates & Solicitors has extended its extensive inorganic growth spree by adding capital markets expert Anuj Pethia from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in New Delhi.
HSF Indo alliance firm adds disputes partner from Makarim

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung (HBT), Herbert Smith Freehill’s Indonesian associate firm, has expanded its disputes practice with the hire of partner Harris Toengkagie from Indonesian firm Makarim & Taira S.
WFW expands Bangkok offering with former Links counsel

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

UK-headquartered law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has appointed Sonya Kalnin as a partner in its Bangkok corporate team, bolstering its energy and infrastructure practice in Asia.
Malaysia’s LAW bolsters disputes team with RDS duo

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Malaysian law firm LAW Partnership has expanded its dispute resolution practice with the addition of partner Shaun Tan and associate Rachel Tan, who are joining from RDS partnership.
SG: Oon & Bazul builds R&I offering with hire from Rajah & Tann

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Singapore law firm Oon & Bazul has grown its restructuring and insolvency practice with the hire of Lye Yu Min as a partner from Rajah & Tann, where he was a senior associate.
Korea: BKL employment partner joins Dentons Lee

BY Sarah Wong |

Dentons Lee, Dentons’ South Korea member firm, has boosted its labour and employment offerings by hiring former Bae, Kim & Lee partner Eunjee Kim as a senior attorney.
U.S. law firm Sterlington hires Withers' global aviation head

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

U.S. law firm Sterlington has hired prominent aviation lawyer Paul Jebely as partner and international vice-chair. Jebely, who is based in Hong Kong, joins from Withers where he was the global head of aviation.
Co-founder of Malaysia’s D&P sets up startup-focused firm

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

David Lim, a co-founder of Malaysian boutique firm D&P Law Group, has left to set up a new legal practice catering to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups in the country.
13-lawyer IndusLaw infra group moves to JSA

BY Nimitt Dixit |

JSA Advocates & Solicitors has become the latest firm to turn to IndusLaw to boost its partner ranks with the addition of Infrastructure and projects-focused partners M. Arun Kumar and Deepak Chowdhury along with their teams in Gurugram and Hyderabad, respectively.
DLA brings back former practice head to co-chair Tokyo employment group

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Lawrence Carter, who retired in 2022 as the head of DLA Piper’s employment practice in Tokyo, has rejoined the firm to co-chair the same practice group.