Linklaters makes corporate hire in Tokyo from N&A

BY Mari Iwata |

Linklaters has welcomed M&A lawyer Yoshiyuki Asaoka as a partner in Tokyo from Nishimura & Asahi.
Latham, AHP, Links advise on Merdeka Battery’s $586 mln IPO on IDX

BY Mari Iwata |

Latham & Watkins and Assegaf Hamzah & Partners have advised Indonesian nickel producer PT Merdeka Battery Materials on its 8.75 trillion-rupiah ($586.46 million) IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with Linklaters acting for underwriters.
Linklaters hires India-focused finance partner in latest Shearman exit

BY Reuters |

U.S. law firm Shearman & Sterling's London-based partner Rahul Chatterji is taking his leveraged finance practice to rival UK firm Linklaters' Singapore outpost, Linklaters said Friday.
A&O, Links guide $1.7 bln Japan-Belgium wind deal

BY Mari Iwata |

Allen & Overy has advised JERA, Japan's biggest power generation company, on its 1.55-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) acquisition of Belgium’s largest offshore wind platform Parkwind, which was represented by Linklaters.
SG: Links lands Ashurst’s financial regulation head

BY Sachin Dave |

Magic Circle law firm Linklaters has hired financial regulatory specialist Evan Lam as a  partner in Singapore from Ashurst, where he headed that practice.
CC, Links lead on Sunshine Insurance’s $861 mln HK IPO

BY Mari Iwata |

Clifford Chance has advised Beijing-based Sunshine Insurance Group on its HK$6.7 billion ($861 million) IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Linklaters and King & Wood Mallesons acting for the underwriters.
HK: DLA makes second hire from Links this year

BY Mari Iwata |

DLA Piper has hired banking expert Trinh Hoang as a partner in Hong Kong from Linklaters, the office’s fourth new partner in the past 12 months.
Latham, A&G, Links advise on $1.14 bln aviation sector deal 

BY Mari Iwata |

Allen & Gledhill and Latham & Watkins have advised Singapore-based ground handler SATS on its $1.14 billion acquisition of French cargo-handling company Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), with Linklaters acting for seller Cerberus Capital Management.
K&L burnishes cap markets practice in HK with Links hire

BY Sarah Wong |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates has brought in Iris Leung as a corporate partner to bolster its capital markets offering in Hong Kong. Leung joins from Linklaters, where she worked for nearly seven years.
HK: A&O Asia restructuring co-head moves to Links

BY Mari Iwata |

Linklaters has hired restructuring and insolvency specialist Richard Woodworth as a partner in Hong Kong from fellow Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy, where he was founder and co-head of the Asia-Pacific restructuring and recovery group.