Khaitan expands new Ahmedabad office with disputes hire

by Mari Iwata |

Khaitan & Co, India’s largest law firm by headcount, has welcomed aboard disputes expert Digant Popat as a partner in its recently launched Ahmedabad office.

Khaitan established its office in Ahmedabad, the most populous city in India’s western state of…

Singapore boutique FLA adds matrimonial law expert

by Nimitt Dixit |

Singapore-based boutique firm Focus Law Asia has bolstered its matrimonial law capabilities with the addition of June Lim as a director. Lim joins FLA after a decade of running her own matrimonial firm, Eden Law Corporation.

JSA latest to add partner in hot Bengaluru market

by Nimitt Dixit |

Another in-house lawyer has returned to law firm practice in Bengaluru this week, with J. Sagar Associates welcoming back Rakesh Warrier as a partner from manufacturing services provider Zetwerk, where he was associate director for compliance.

SG: Insurance heavy-hitter joins Kennedys from RPC

UK law firm Kennedys has hired insurance industry veteran Mark Errington as a partner in Singapore from RPC. Errington is set to join in July.

SG: U.S. law firm Rimon hires Gibson Dunn restructuring head

by Nimitt Dixit |

San Francisco-headquartered law firm Rimon, which operates using a decentralised, distributed model, has brought on board Troy Doyle as partner and chair of its global restructuring group.

Offshore firm Campbells makes HK finance hire from rival Mourant

Caymans-headquartered law firm Campbells has hired banking and finance expert Paul Trewartha as a partner in Hong Kong from rival offshore firm Mourant.

SG: Another McDermott energy partner joins WFW

Watson Farley & Williams has hired a second energy partner in Singapore from U.S. law firm McDermott, Will & Emery in the form of Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi.

CAM hires Anand and Anand IP pro in Delhi

by Nimitt Dixit |

Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a second intellectual property partner from IP firm Anand and Anand in six months with the addition of Revanta Mathur in Delhi.

CRS continues SG expansion by adding four-strong tax team

by Sarah Wong |

Private client specialist Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has bolstered its international tax capacity in Asia by adding a four-lawyer tax team from U.S. firm Butler Snow, led by partners Kurt Rademacher and Ivan Lu, to its recently launched Singapore office.

Malaysia’s Zul Rafique expands disputes offering with RDS partner

by Nimitt Dixit |

Malaysian law firm Zul Rafique & Partners has bolstered its dispute resolution capabilities with the addition of disputes partner Nur Syafinaz Vani from rival Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership (RDS).