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Charles Russell Speechlys hires Gavin Margetson and Henry Winter in Singapore

Danielle Roman becomes Mourant’s Hong Kong managing partner, succeeding Paul Christopher in August

Withers KhatterWong hires Mohammed Reza as partner, head of international arbitration in Singapore

Tributes pour in for Ang, 61, vice chairman at Rajah & Tann Asia and former managing partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore

In-house counsel explored leadership, innovation and risk at the 2025 ACC Asia-Pacific Meeting in Singapore

TTT+Partners, WongPartnership & Linklaters advised ThaiBev on its USD2b multicurrency debt programme on SGX

Delta Law, founded by Joshua Tan, Cephas Yee, and Sean Lee, will provide tech-driven legal solutions

SCCA’s First Thursday event gathered in-house counsel in Singapore for networking and informal discussions over drinks

Ashurst appoints Clarence Ding to lead its Asia employment team from Singapore

GCAI and SIAC sign MoU to boost ties and support arbitration capacity-building for in-house legal professionals

Penningtons adds Zhi Chao Chor as partner in Singapore to boost its commodities and trade finance practice      

Reed Smith is expanding its financial services in Asia by hiring partners Tim Beech in Singapore and Regina Lui in Hong Kong

Addleshaw Goddard boosts Korea-focused arbitration capabilities with key partner hire in Singapore

Bird & Bird adds M&A partner Shahin Foroughian in Singapore as part of its continued international expansion drive

Sreenivasan Chambers adds Palaniappan Sundararaj as director, bringing its team to 10 lawyers, including 3 directors

Orrick adds partner Adam Moncrieff in Singapore, boosting its energy and infrastructure team in Asia

Sidley Austin names Alun Evans partner in Singapore, strengthening its energy and infrastructure practice in Asia-Pacific

Latham, WongP, A&G, and Rajah & Tann advised on Tokyo Century–OUE JV to build SG’s first zero-energy hotel at Changi

HFW hires arbitration expert Shaun Leong as Singapore partner, focusing on blockchain, crypto and energy

Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed Gitta Satryani as the new managing partner of its Singapore office effective from 1 May 2025

The Asia Pacific (APAC) Legal Congress 2025 welcomed more than 2,000 legal professionals from across the region on 3-4 April at One Farrer Hotel in Singapore

Hogan Lovells boosts Asia-Pacific capital markets team with Phill Hall joining as corporate and finance partner in Singapore

Cooley has hired Shashwat Tewary from Sidley Austin as a partner in Singapore, boosting their Indian and Southeast Asian capital markets expertise

Singapore’s Incisive Law has named Walter Alexander head of corporate to expand its international client base

Hui Zhong expands abroad with a February alliance with GH Legal in HK and a new branch opening in Singapore

Baker McKenzie hires capital markets expert Alexander Stathopoulos

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is closing its Asia operations to focus on the US, UK, Europe & Middle East

Arbitration is favored for commercial disputes, but judicial review remains debated

Lee & Ko has hired Zachary Sharpe to co-head its arbitration team in Singapore

Indian-origin startups are increasingly executing “reverse flips,” relocating holdings from offshore to India

Hui Zhong Law Firm expands globally with a new Singapore office, strengthening its international dispute resolution network

Updated pro bono guide launched by SCCA, PBSG & DLA Piper to support Singapore’s needy

Singapore's 2024 bill requires CSPs to conduct due diligence to fight money laundering, with penalties for non-compliance

Marina Bay Sands secured a record SGD12 billion syndicated loan for its expansion

Kim Beng Ng named Rajah & Tann’s new managing partner, focusing on expansion and AI

Incisive Law appoints Davis Tan as director to boost Greater China business

ACC Singapore kicked off 2025 with a networking event at 1880

CMS Singapore's law alliance, CMS Holborn Asia, adds Ying Yi Liew as director to lead financial services regulatory practice

Covenant Chambers hires Ng Pei Tong as director to enhance its corporate finance and commercial transaction practice

Hogan Lovells strengthens Singapore presence with the appointment of Charmian Aw as data privacy and cybersecurity partner

KWM strengthens its presence in Australia and Singapore with three new partners

Providence Law Asia appoints disputes lawyer Colin Liew as director and head of international litigation in Singapore

Senior counsel Siraj Omar, with co-founder Allister Tan, has launched disputes-focused Siraj Omar LLC in Singapore

Suresh Divyanathan and five members from Oon & Bazul launch Dauntless Law Chambers, driven by a people-centric belief

Morrison Foerster boosts private equity & M&A in SE Asia, HK, Japan with Scott Jalowayski joining as partner in Singapore

Gibson Dunn has hired Hagen Rooke as a partner in Singapore

Charles Russell Speechlys has strengthened its corporate team in Singapore with the appointment of Tun Zaw Mra as a partner

Providence Law Asia appointed Daniel Tan as director, boosting its insolvency practice

Joyce A. Tan & Partners expands its IP and TMT practice with veteran Jim Lim

Bae, Kim & Lee strengthens its arbitration practice with Chris Mainwaring-Taylor

Sapna Jhangiani, Singapore's first female King’s counsel, joins Blackstone Chambers

Ashurst adds Kok Jin Ong as partner in Singapore to boost its energy practice

Hogan Lovells has hired Rob Palmer as a partner in Singapore to strengthen its international arbitration practice in Asia

K&L Gates expands its energy practice in Singapore with Brad Roach and Alexandra Jones

Tokyo International Law Office is expanding to Singapore, focusing on dispute resolution, corporate, and M&A work

Han Kun Law Offices has added partner Steve Lin to enhance its capital markets team

Wintell & Co is opening its first overseas branch in Singapore to expand its legal practices

Stephenson Harwood expanded its energy transition practice by adding partners Nick Dingemans and John Zadkovich, and associate Lena Ow

Arbitration remains a pro-business dispute resolution method, but understanding key locations is essential for success

Singapore’s courts uphold the validity of awards, rejecting unmeritorious resistance

RHTLaw Asia recruits Esther Wee as partner, expanding its IP and corporate practices

Singapore-based WongPartnership has become the first law firm in Southeast Asia to partner with global generative AI

Conyers has opened a litigation and restructuring practice in Singapore, led by Anna Lin

Jones Day has expanded its corporate practice in Singapore with the hire of M&A lawyer Parveet Singh Gandoak

EQT’s USD1.1B buyout of PropertyGuru will make it private, advised by Latham, Ropes & Freshfields

Singapore's PDLegal forms law alliance with UK's Hill Dickinson, effective August 1 as Hill Dickinson PDLegal Alliance

Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Ee Lynn Tan as an energy partner in its Singapore office, bolstering the firm's energy practice

Fangda Partners set up its first overseas branch in Singapore and hired former Watson Farley & Williams’ Ivy Liu as a partner

After a long lull in investment activity, m&a deals are picking up across asia

Han Kun Law Offices has recruited a four-member team, led by partner Leong Chuo Ming, to the firm’s Singapore office

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has expanded its energy capabilities in Singapore with the latest hire of new partner Michael Tardif from A&O Shearman

K&L Gates has expanded its Singapore office, K&L Gates Straits Law, with the addition of corporate partners David Kuo and Meraj Noor from DLA Piper

Dhananjay Kumar, partner and head of restructuring and insolvency at CAM, has joined South Square, a leading commercial law chambers in London.

RPC has welcomed Kiat Wee Lau as a partner in its corporate practice to enhance the firm’s capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region

Asia Business Law Journal reveals the leading talent in Singapore’s legal profession

Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed partner Beelee Seah to strengthen the global law firm’s banking and finance team in Singapore

Wotton + Kearney is the first major Australian insurance and risk firm to establish a significant office in Singapore, which will open in June

Watson Farley & Williams has strengthened its energy offering in Singapore with the addition of project development and finance veteran, Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi, as a partner from McDermott Will & Emery

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore outpost of the global firm K&L Gates, recruits Jason Nelms as a partner in the AMIF practice

The island nation is ringing in tax changes to keep it competitive, pay for an energy transition, and align with new international standards

Allen & Gledhill has officially launched a representative office in Shanghai, marking the Singapore firm’s first overseas presence outside Southeast Asia

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K&L Gates has expanded its finance practice with the addition of two partners, Samuel Kolehmainen and Duc Nguyen, in Singapore

Ashurst ADTLaw advises Sunray Group and The Lo & Behold Group on joint venture for Singapore lifestyle destination, opening Q2 2024

Shook Lin & Bok expands corporate real estate practice, appoints partners Kenneth Szeto and John Tan, along with their team of associates and paralegals

Reed Smith has appointed Han Ming Ho, a prominent figure in the Asia investment funds market, as a partner in its global corporate group and Singapore office

DLA Piper appoints Vincent Seah as co-country managing partner for its Singapore office, fortifying the island-state branch’s leadership structure

The harmonious blend of common law traditions and bustling commerce is transforming the Lion City into a beacon of legal excellence

Clifford Chance and Lee & Li advised Citibank on the sale of its consumer banking business in Taiwan to Singapore’s DBS Bank

Baker Botts represented LNG Japan Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary LJ Scarborough to acquire a 10% stake in Woodside Energy’s Scarborough Joint Venture

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, a member firm of Baker McKenzie in Singapore, has hired Theodore Heng as the principal of its M&A group

India Business Law Journal is pleased to present its selection of the top 15 foreign law firms for India-related work

Regional in-house counsel reveal top tips on managing legal teams, networking, and assisting foreign investment

Maples Group has hired Ian Clark, formerly a partner at Harneys in Hong Kong since 2022, as a partner

Rajah & Tann has appointed industry expert Paul Ng as a partner to head the firm’s aviation practice in Singapore

Growing awareness of the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards is pushing companies around the globe

Han Kun Law Offices has set up in Singapore, the firm’s first branch outside China and the second overseas premises after its Hong Kong arm qualified to practice in November last year

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

Litigator Daniel Chia joins Prolegis, a HSF alliance law firm in Singapore, as a director and head of litigation, and brings on board a trio of lawyers from his previous firm, Morgan Lewis

International arbitration expert Vanina Sucharitkul joins Singapore’s Rajah & Tann as a partner in the firm’s regional international arbitration practice

Mayer Brown’s head of international arbitration in Asia, Tay Yu-Jin, succeeds Pieter de Ridder as the new managing partner of its Singapore office

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) has moved its office to Maxwell Chambers from its previous location at Riverside Point joining other prestigious organisations and key local institutions

DLA Piper has hired international tax lawyer Barbara Voskamp and energy expert Peter Armstrong as partners in its Singapore and Tokyo offices, respectively

Registration is open for the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) 2023 Annual Meeting Live+, featuring an in-person event at Singapore’s Sands Expo & Convention Centre on 16-20 May

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

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has strengthened its litigation and dispute resolution practice with the hiring of Joan Lim-Casanova as a partner

Rajah & Tann Singapore appointed Thong Chee Kun and Jansen Chow as new co-heads of its fraud, asset recovery and investigations practice, with Kun overseeing civil aspects and Chow criminal ones

Clifford Chance has advised RCBC on the international aspects of SMBC investment, increasing SMBC’s stake in the Philippines bank from 5% to 20%

Connectivity, an efficient legal system and a plethora of choice are making Singapore increasingly popular for resolving international disputes

Former founding partner of Indonesian firm AKSET Law, Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra, has set up ATD Law in Jakarta and established an alliance with Japanese law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Singapore’s international arbitration expert Paul Tan has moved to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and head of international arbitration practice in Asia

Global law firm Mayer Brown has entered a JLV with Singapore firm PK Wong & Nair to establish Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair to provide clients with an integrated service, offering seamless advice on international and Singapore law

Linklaters advised Thai utility provider GPSC in acquiring a 25% stake in the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan from local shareholders, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, for a USD500 million investment

Goodwin opens its second Asian shop in Singapore with the relocation of Hong Kong-based private investment funds partner Gregory Barclay to lead the new office to assist clients in raising, deploying and lending capital in the region