Chicago-headquartered McDermott Will & Emery has hired veteran U.S. securities lawyer Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan as a partner in its recently opened office in Singapore from Herbert Smith Freehills.

Mah-Kamariyah & Philip Koh has advised Malaysia's Sunway Construction Group on its 478.4 million ringgit ($125 million) initial public offering, the country’s second-biggest listing so far this year.

Herbert Smith Freehills and Drew & Napier have advised Chinese semiconductor producer Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET) on its proposed S$1 billion ($740 million) takeover offer of Singapore-listed semiconductor company STATS ChipPAC.