Tag: Singapore

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

Aircraft leasing and financing specialist Niel Liebenberg has left his role as general counsel at China Aircraft Leasing Company to join Bird & Bird as a partner in its aviation team in Singapore

Corporate partner Valerie Kong’s career at will come full circle when she takes up her appointment as the Singapore office managing partner effective from 1 October, succeeding Kai-Niklas Schneider who had been at the helm since 2016

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

Alvin Yeo, senior partner and co-founder of one of the largest law firms in Singapore, WongPartnership, died on 30 July at the age of 60 after a two-year battle with cancer

Real estate and hospitality law firm BH2I has hired Michael Evanoff as senior counsel to lead its Singapore office

Singapore-headquartered healthcare service provider Fullerton Healthcare has completed a merger led by Hong Kong-headquartered private equity firm RRJ Capital with an equity injection and a senior loan totalling SGD390 million (USD283 million)

Clifford Chance hired white-collar expert Vasu Muthyala as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Singapore.

After moving from Hong Kong to lead the new Singapore office of McDermott Will & Emery as the managing partner and Asia-Pacific head last March, white-collar expert Yuet Ming Tham has returned to Sidley Austin as a partner and global co-chair of the white-collar: government litigation and investigations practice

The In-House Counsel Forum (IHCF) of Korea signed an MoU with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) on 18 July to promote international arbitration as a preferred method of dispute resolution for resolving global disputes

Mishcon de Reya has beefed up its transactional team in Singapore with the addition of aviation lawyer Ethan Tan as a partner

Carey Olsen has hired funds lawyer Rebecca Lee as an of counsel in its corporate and investment funds team in Singapore

Dentons Rodyk, the Singapore office of multinational law firm Dentons, has hired corporate lawyers Evelyn Ang as a senior partner in its M&A practice

The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) has named Renita Sophia Crasta and Daniel Choo as co-presidents for 2022-2024, starting from June

Mumbai-based SNG & Partners and southern-based firm R&P Partners have created a pan-India presence after establlishing a joint venture

JunHe advised the largest French communications giant Publicis Groupe on its China branch’s acquisition of a digital product consultancy Wiredcraft

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the Mandatory Reference Checking Scheme and its implementing guidelines, which aim to tackle the “rolling bad apples” problem, a term referring to people who commit misconduct at a financial institution but can get a new job without disclosing it

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

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advised British oil and gas company BP in acquiring a 40.5 per cent stake and the operatorship of the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) project

Having served as the secretary-general of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) since 2016, Sarah Grimmer will be stepping down in August to be succeeded by Mariel Dimsey

Judiciaries from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Britain and the United States have established the International Judicial Dispute Resolution Network 

The Hong Kong SAR Government has submitted an amendment bill to the Legislative Council to propose three new fee agreements to allow lawyers to charge arbitration cases by the principles of "no win, no fee" and "no win, low fee"

After months of intensive surveys, we reveal the winners of our In-house Counsel Awards 2021-22

Hang Dongxia, board secretary at Huarui Bank, shares her strategies for working with external lawyers

The past decade has seen extraordinary growth in technological innovation

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched Regtech Knowledge Hub to heighten awareness of regulatory compliance in fintech-related fields and encourage the sharing of expertise

Addleshaw Goddard has announced the closure of its Hong Kong office when the current lease expires in September

Herbert Smith Freehills has opened a construction and infrastructure disputes hub in Kuala Lumpur

Welcoming a “post-pandemic” re-opening, the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA)’s Women Chapter kicked off an in-person networking event on 17 May to catch up with fellow women lawyers from the Law Society of Singapore's Women in Practice Committee

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

Chinese electric carmaker NIO debuted on Singapore Exchange by way of introduction without raising funds to become a triple-listed company in Singapore, the US and Hong Kong

Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted Siddartha Shukla and Dhananjaya Chak to the partnership of its India practice

Senior women lawyers across Asia describe their journeys to success and share words of wisdom for aspiring juniors in the profession. Vandana Chatlani reports

A roundup of noteworthy legal developments in the region

Pinsent Masons has made financial services partner Kanyi Lui the firm’s head of China. Lui replaces Sam Boyling who relocates to the Singapore office

After experiencing its first economic contraction in two decades, Indonesia’s strong rebound was interrupted by the spreading delta variant of covid-19 in 2021

Kartikey Mahajan has been named as a partner at Khaitan & Co’s Singapore office dispute resolution practice

Simmons & Simmons has hired Wang Yingyu as a partner in its technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) and IP practice in Singapore

AllBright Law Offices has won approval to open a branch office in Haikou as the Hainan provincial capital grows as a global financial centre

King & Spalding has hired international arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in its trial and global disputes practice group in Singapore

Baker McKenzie has added senior capital markets specialist Thomas Tarala as partner to commit its strategic development for SPAC listing regimes in Hong Kong bond markets and ESG (environmental, social and governance) investments

Clyde & Co strengthened its regulatory and investigations offering with the hire of Tan Weiyi as a partner in Singapore. Tan joined from Singapore’s law firm Harry Elias Partnership where she was a partner for more than two years

Clifford Chance hired major projects and contentious construction specialist Spencer Flay as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Perth

Carey Olsen’s Singapore office has added investment funds specialist Tom Katsaros to its investment funds offering as a consultant, and experienced litigator Helen Wang to its litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice as a counsel

Squire Patton Boggs has advised independent containerships owner Seaspan Corporation on securing two separate export credit agency (ECA)-backed Japanese Operating Lease with Call Options (JOLCOs) totalling USD838 million and USD1.4 billion

Shearman & Sterling has hired Ong Kok Jin as a counsel in its global M&A practice in Singapore

Mohan Pillay, the head of Pinsent Masons MPillay in Singapore, is stepping down after leading the firm for 12 years to be succeeded by partner Ian Laing

India Business Law Journal reveals the top 100 legal experts around the world who are leading the field with their work on the international aspects of india-related matters

Chinese enterprises should fully understand the risks of overseas investment and formulate countermeasures to protect their own interests

Parties should clearly specify the seat of arbitration as this can be a hotbed of contention when international disputes emerge, writes Tata Capital’s Rohan Thacker