SG: Former family court judge joins CNPLaw as partner
BY Aparna Sai |Daniel Koh, who recently as a retired judge of Singapore’s Family Justice Court, has joined local firm CNPLaw as a partner.
Ashurst bolsters R&I practice in Singapore with CC hire
BY Aparna Sai |UK firm Ashurst has hired Robert Child as a partner in its restructuring, insolvency and special situations practice in Singapore from Clifford Chance, where he practiced for more than a decade.
Delhi: Another L&L lawyer rejoins firm
BY Aparna Sai |India’s L&L Partners has welcomed back intellectual property expert Subhash Bhutoria as a partner in Delhi. Bhutoria, who was at L&L between 2015 and 2017, was most recently running his own practice.
SG: Stephenson Harwood welcomes arbitration partner from K&S
BY Aparna Sai |Stephenson Harwood has hired international arbitration expert Chris Bailey as a partner from King & Spalding. Bailey will initially be based in the London office, and later relocate to Singapore.
Asia Appointments: Week of July 19
BY Rowena Muñiz |Bakers nabs cap markets expert from Ropes & Gray, SG: Stephenson Harwood welcomes arbitration partner from K&S and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table.
HK: Mayer Brown grows cap markets with hires from K&L, EY
BY Aparna Sai |Mayer Brown has hired eight capital markets lawyers in Hong Kong, including partners Guiping Lu, Philip Hyde, Bonnie Yung and Jason Wang. While Lu and Hyde join from K&L Gates, Yung and Wang were most recently with EY’s Hong Kong law firm, LC Lawyers.
Singapore’s PDLegal launches India desk with ex-Dua partner
BY Aparna Sai |Singapore boutique PDLegal has established an India desk with the hire of Lakshman Shankar as a partner. Shankar was earlier a partner at Indian law firm Dua Associates.
K&L Gates picks up IP team in Tokyo from DLA
BY Aparna Sai |The Tokyo office of K&L Gates has hired a team of intellectual lawyers from DLA Piper, including partner Mitsuhiro Imamura.
Long-time Ashurst partner joins CMS in Hong Kong
BY Aparna Sai |CMS has recruited finance expert Christopher Whiteley as a partner in Hong Kong from Ashurst, where he spent 15 years. At his new firm, Whiteley will help establish a capital markets and derivatives practice.
SG: FTI Consulting hires investigations expert as senior MD
BY Aparna Sai |Forensic investigations expert Rachel Layburn has joined advisory firm FTI Consulting as a senior managing director in Singapore from WPP, where she was the group head of compliance for APAC.
India’s JSA nabs banking duo from Juris Corp
BY Aparna Sai |India’s J Sagar Associates (JSA) has strengthened its banking and finance practice with the additions of Nand Gopal Anand and Pratish Kumar from Juris Corp.
Cloud-based Rimon opens Korea office
BY Aparna Sai |Rimon Law, a law firm operating on a decentralized, distributed model, has opened an office in Seoul.