Bird & Bird ATMD has hired IP specialist Gene Kwek as managing counsel in Singapore from Infinitus Law Corporation, where he was an associate director.

Latham & Watkins leads on DSS’ sale of its 67 percent stake in PT Golden Energy Mines to United Fiber System, WongPartnership and Allen & Gledhill advise on loan grant to North Gem Development, and more in this week’s SE Asia Deals table.

Bird & Bird has forged strategic alliances with two leading Indonesian law firms – IP boutique firm K&K Advocates and business law firm Nurjadin Sumono Mulyadi & Partners (NSMP) – as it looks to increase the breadth of its services in that country.