White & Case makes second HK partner hire in two months

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm White & Case has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency offering with the hire of Sophie Lyall as a partner in Hong Kong from Ashurst.
SG: HSF bolsters private capital offering with White & Case hire, relocation

BY Mari Iwata |

Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its private capital bench in Singapore after hiring Peiwen Chen as a partner from White & Case, and relocated partner Malika Chandrasegaran from the firm's Sydney office.
White & Case hires HK disputes partner following string of Asia exits

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm White & Case has made its first partner hire in Asia this year, following a number of departures in the first half of 2023, with the addition of a disputes lawyer in Hong Kong from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Japan’s Atsumi further enhances corporate capability with White & Case hire

BY Mari Iwata |

Japanese law firm Atsumi & Sakai has hired corporate lawyer Aoi Koyanagi as a partner from White & Case, where she was a senior associate.
White & Case advises Korea’s Lotte Chemical on $2.4 bln Indo project

BY Mari Iwata |

White & Case has advised Kores’s Lotte Chemical and its unit Lotte Chemical Indonesia on the development and financing of a $2.4 billion naphtha cracker project in Indonesia's Banten Province.
White & Case Singapore M&A partner moves to Freshfields

BY Mari Iwata |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired M&A lawyer Jon Bowden as a partner in Singapore from the U.S. law firm White & Case.
WFW opens in Tokyo with former White & Case team

BY Mari Iwata |

Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has opened an office in Tokyo, its 19th globally. The office will be led by former White & Case partners Keisuke Imon and Simon Collins, with Collins relocating from WFW’s Hong Kong office.  
Sheppard Mullin nabs corporate partner in Korea from White & Case

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has hired corporate practitioner Wonsun Jung as a partner in Seoul from White & Case.
Bakers, White & Case act on $4.5 bln Indonesia EV battery plant deal

BY Mari Iwata |

Baker McKenzie and White & Case have advised PT Vale Indonesia and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, respectively, as two of the three partners in a $4.5 billion nickel processing plant in the Southeast Asian country, with U.S. carmaker Ford being the third.
K&L’s SG office hires project finance expert from White & Case Seoul

BY Mari Iwata |

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has hired project finance specialist Sarah Park as a partner from the Seoul office of White & Case.