K&L Gates guides first ever de-SPAC merger on SGX

BY Nimitt Dixit |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates served as lead counsel to live-streaming social entertainment platform 17LIVE Holding in its proposed combination with Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation.
HK: Seyfarth regional tech head joins K&L as partner

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates has recruited technology and data practitioner Paul Haswell as a partner in Hong Kong from Seyfarth Shaw, where he headed its regional technology practice.
HK: Seyfarth regional tech head joins K&L as partner

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates has recruited technology and data practitioner Paul Haswell as a partner in Hong Kong from Seyfarth Shaw, where he headed its regional technology practice.
K&L advises on Shell’s $650 mln Indo gas block sale

BY Mari Iwata |

K&L Gates has advised Indonesian national oil company Pertamina on its joint purchase with Malaysia’s Petronas of a $650 million stake in the Masela gas block in Indonesia from Shell.
Tokyo: K&L hires project finance partner from BCLP London

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates has hired project finance specialist Dominic Gregory as a partner in Tokyo from the London office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Squire Patton Boggs adds K&L Gates global energy co-head in Singapore

BY Reuters |

International law firm Squire Patton Boggs said on Tuesday it has hired partner Lian Yok Tan for its energy and infrastructure practice in Singapore.
WFW opens office in Seoul with hires from HSF, K&L

BY Mari Iwata |

Energy-focused firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has established an office in Seoul, South Korea, after hiring partners Eugene Chang and Philip Kim from K&L Gates and Herbert Smith Freehills, respectively.
K&L Gates adds another cap markets partner in HK

BY Sachin Dave |

U.S. law firm K&L Gates has hired debt capital markets specialist Jay Lee as a partner in Hong Kong from Simmons & Simmons.
Morgan Lewis adds third SG partner in a week

BY Mari Iwata |

U.S. law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has continued building up its Singapore office after hiring aviation expert James Bradley as partner in Singapore. Bradley is part of a group of three partners across various K&L Gates offices that are moving to Morgan Lewis.
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.