
Mumbai: Corporate lawyer returns to CAM as partner
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has welcomed back corporate practitioner Jeeta Nayak as a partner in Mumbai from Samvad Partners.
HFW gets new construction partner in SG with hire from SK affiliate
Holman Fenwick Willan has hired construction expert Helen Lee as a partner in Singapore from SK ecoplant, an affiliate of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate SK, where she was general counsel and the head of global legal.
Stephenson Harwood hires corporate partner in HK from PRC’s Jingtian
UK-headquartered law firm Stephenson Harwood has recruited corporate finance specialist Justin Ma as a partner in Hong Kong from the PRC’s Jingtian & Gongcheng.
Appleby welcomes back offshore funds specialist from Carey Olsen
Offshore law firm Appleby has welcomed back offshore funds lawyer Eason Huang from rival Carey Olsen. Huang joins as a partner in Shanghai and a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong.
Georgian billionaire wins $926 million from Credit Suisse after fraud
Credit Suisse was ordered to pay $926 million to Georgia's former prime minister on Friday for losing part of his fortune in a Singapore court ruling that represents one of the biggest legal awards made against the bank.
Stephenson Harwood lands Hill Dickinson’s former Asia regulatory head
Stephenson Harwood has hired Jonathan Goacher, the former head of regulatory for Asia at Hill Dickinson, as a partner in Singapore.
Linklaters makes corporate hire in Tokyo from N&A
Linklaters has welcomed M&A lawyer Yoshiyuki Asaoka as a partner in Tokyo from Nishimura & Asahi.
White & Case Singapore M&A partner moves to Freshfields
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired M&A lawyer Jon Bowden as a partner in Singapore from the U.S. law firm White & Case.
Shearman, Kirkland, MoFo advise on Softbank’s sale of U.S. fund to Mubadala
Shearman & Sterling has advised Abu Dhabi's sovereign weal fund Mubadala Investment on its acquisition of a majority stake in U.S. asset manager Fortress Investment Group from Japan's SoftBank Group, which turned to Morrison Foerster for counsel. Kirkland & Ellis represented Fortress.
Nishimura, AMT advising on SBI’s $1.1 bln takeover bid for Shinsei Bank
Nishimura & Asahi is advising Japanese investment company SBI Holdings on its 154 billion yen ($1.12 billion) takeover bid for its unit SBI Shinsei Bank, which is being represented by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.