Tag: M&A

Allison Lee, who has practised at Debevoise & Plimpton, brings 15 years of M&A experience to Mayer Brown as a Hong Kong-based partner

Sumit Sinha, who has joined Phoenix Legal as a partner, brings on board two colleagues, Ashima Dewan who becomes associate partner and Sukanya Bhattacharya will be a senior associate

Anisha Shroff will be heading the new Stratage Law Partners office in Bangalore as a partner, with the firm hoping its presence in the city will effectively cater to clients in southern India

V&T Law Firm has recently set up the Kunming office to enhance its presence in southwest China

Asia M&A booms with government incentives and global investor interest. To compete, dealmakers must keep current on trends and regulations

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has added M&A lawyer Kenneth Leong as a corporate partner in Singapore

Tracy Wut, head of the M&A practice in Hong Kong, mainland China and Asia at Baker McKenzie, has been promoted as managing partner for a three-year term

After almost eight years as a Stephenson Harwood partner, corporate and private equity lawyer George Cyriac is set to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Singapore

South Korean law firm Yoon & Yang has hired Elayne Sung Heeseung from rival Lee & Ko and corporate lawyer Irene Kim from Samsung Electronics, who wil be senior foreign attorneys in the Seoul office

Two Singapore-based capital markets lawyers at Baker McKenzie, principal Kenny Kwan and local principal Caryn Ng, have moved to its rival, Allen & Overy, as partners

JSA advised Torreya Holdings in the 100% acquisition of Torreya Partners by Stifel Financial Corp for an undisclosed amount

Following an extensive nomination process, Asia Business Law Journal unveils the top performers of Taiwan’s legal profession

Baker McKenzie advised Japanese financial holding company Nomura Holdings in completing the transfer of the entire stake of Nomura Asia Investment (Singapore) held in its Thai business

Project finance lawyer Jon Ornolfsson has left Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner for more than three years and split his time between the Singapore and Tokyo offices, to join the Tokyo office of Baker McKenzie

Japanese firm Nishimura & Asahi through its Singaporean arm has established a strategic alliance with Malaysian counterpart, WM Leong & Co, to strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia

Finance and restructuring partner Andrew Brereton will become the new managing partner at King & Spalding’s Singapore office

Hylands has appointed Tian Dapeng, Yin Yue, Cai Yuee, Lu Bing and Wang Yuan as partners at the firm’s Beijing headquarters

Zhong Lun Law Firm adds two partners to strengthen its capital markets, customs and import/export practice

Jingtian & Gongcheng has hired Arthur Tsang as a partner in its Shanghai office and Kelvan Cheung as a partner in Hong Kong

Phuong Tran has joined Allen & Gledhill as a partner in Ho Chi Minh City

Dipti Lavya Swain is resuming his independent practice, DLS Law Offices – the firm he left to join HSA Advocates in New Delhi as a partner

Enduring challenges amid a perfect storm

Does the de minimis exemption help or hinder the CCI?

Fangda Partners has made Zhang Huanyan a partner in its Guangzhou office

Global M&A activity has climbed sharply since last year, creating opportunities in emerging markets like India and the Philippines, which have relaxed and liberalised their investment policies