Singapore disputes and advisory boutique Sreenivasan Chambers, launched last August by former K&L Gates Straits Law managing partner Sreenivasan Narayan SC, has deepened its disputes bench with the addition of five attorneys.
Siraj Omar SC, former co-head of dispute resolution at Big Four firm Drew & Napier, has launched his own law firm specialising in commercial dispute resolution, marking a significant departure from one of Singapore's oldest law practices.
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
U.S. law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in its financial regulatory practice group in Singapore from Reed Smith, where he had been a partner since 2022.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has hired Steven Tran, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore-based corporate practice, as a partner in Hong Kong to oversee M&A and private equity transactions across Asia.
Private client-focused firm Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has continued the rapid expansion of its Singapore office after hiring corporate lawyer Tun Zaw Mra as a partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP).
Singapore boutique Lighthouse Law has bolstered its dispute resolution and white-collar crime capabilities after adding a team led by litigator Muslim Albakri. Albakri was most recently running its own practice, Albakri LLC.
Singapore law firm Eugene Thuraisingam has welcomed back litigator Jerrie Tan as a partner from K&L Gates Straits Law, where she was a counsel.
Online piracy has long been a thorn in the side of content creators and distributors worldwide.
Singapore-based law firm Helmsman has launched new intellectual property (IP) and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice groups with the appointment of Basil Lee as associate director.