Offshore firm Carey Olsen adds another Hong Kong disputes partner

BY Mari Iwata |

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has hired its second disputes partner in Hong Kong in about two weeks in the form of Matthew Watson, who joins from Bermudan law firm Cox Hallett Wilkinson.
Singapore’s Oon & Bazul launches tax practice with new partner hire

BY Mari Iwata |

Singapore law firm Oon & Bazul has established a tax offering after hiring Ma HanFeng as a partner. Ma was most recently at specialist tax boutique Taxise Asia.
Mumbai: Corporate lawyer returns to CAM as partner

BY Mari Iwata |

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

BY Mari Iwata |

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.
Appleby welcomes back offshore funds specialist from Carey Olsen

BY Mari Iwata |

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.
Stephenson Harwood hires corporate partner in HK from PRC’s Jingtian

BY Mari Iwata |

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.
Stephenson Harwood lands Hill Dickinson’s former Asia regulatory head

BY Mari Iwata |

Stephenson Harwood has hired Jonathan Goacher, the former head of regulatory for Asia at Hill Dickinson, as a partner in Singapore.
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.
Ashurst adds 4 partners in Asia, including 3 from Shearman

BY Mari Iwata |

UK-headquartered law firm Ashurst has hired four partners in Singapore and Seoul. Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli and Scott Baggett (Singapore), and Anna Chung (Seoul) join from Shearman & Sterling, while Lawrence Jhe (also Seoul) joins from Kim, Chang & Lee.
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.