Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired private equity partner Tim Gardner from Latham & Watkins in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Gardner, who was a partner at Latham & Watkins, advises both local and international clients on M&A and private equity transactions.
Before joining Latham & Watkins in 2006, he worked in Goldman Sachs’ Financial Institutions Group in New York, where he focused on M&A matters.
With the addition of Gardner, Weil Gotshal now has seven partners based in Hong Kong.
Sidley Austin has advised Malaysia’s Axiata Group on its Indonesian subsidiary’s acquisition of Axis Telekom Indonesia from Saudi Telecom Company (STC), which was guided by Freshfields.
Papua New Guinea energy company Oil Search Ltd launched a fight on Friday to contest French oil giant Total SA's purchase of a 40 percent stake in PNG's biggest undeveloped gas field.
Oman's central bank has set new caps on banks' credit exposure to non-residents and funds placed abroad, giving lenders six months to comply.