ALB’s Firms To Watch 2015 list celebrates 10 law firms that may be small in size but are certainly big in potential. The list has been compiled taking into account submissions from the firms themselves, along with market feedback and ALB’s own insight into Asia’s legal industry.

Abdullah Chan & Co has hired Datin Shelina Razaly Wahi as a partner in its corporate practice in Kuala Lumpur from AirAsia X Bhd, where she was a legal director.

Paris-headquartered law firm Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral (CVML) has opened its fourth Asia office, and sixth worldwide, in Kuala Lumpur after forming an alliance with Malaysian law firm Abdullah Chan & Co.