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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has hired M&A lawyer George Cyriac as a partner in Singapore from Stephenson Harwood, where he led the Asia private equity and Indonesia practices.

Cyriac advises multinational and Asian companies, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, state-owned enterprises, and investment and commercial banks on cross-border transactions including investments, disposals, and restructurings across Southeast Asia and South Asia. He joined Stephenson Harwood in Singapore in 2015 from White & Case, and earlier worked for U.S. firm Fried Frank in New York.

Joining Cyriac in the move to Morgan Lewis is associate Widya Rianita.

Morgan Lewis now has 11 partners, and close to 30 lawyers in total in Singapore. Recent partner additions included aviation expert James Bradley, disputes specialist Pardeep Singh Khosa, and investment management expert Divya Thakur.

 

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