Private equity funds and M&A specialist Sayak Maity has joined U.S. law firm White & Case as a partner in Singapore from India’s AZB & Partners.
Maity assists PE funds on investments in India and the wider Asia-Pacific region. He also advises on joint ventures and corporate governance.
Prior to his stint at AZB, Maity worked in an in-house role at Tata Sons, and was also with law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
White & Case currently has 13 partners, including Maity, in its Singapore office.
Hunton Andrews Kurth has hired energy and infrastructure expert Kristian Bradshaw as a partner in Tokyo from White & Case, where he was a local partner, Bradshaw announced in a LinkedIn post.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised real estate developer Prestige Estates Projects on its $595 million qualified institutional placement of shares. Trilegal and White & Case advised the lead managers on the deal.
U.S. law firm White & Case has launched its disputes practice in Tokyo with the addition of Shinsuke Yakura, the former head of Orrick’s office in the Japanese capital, as a partner.