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• O’Melveny & Myers appoints new head for Hong Kong practice

  May 18 2012 O’Melveny & Myers’ capital markets specialist David Johnson has been appointed as the head of the firm’s Hong Kong practice. Johnson will relocate from California... more

• Australian secondment firms set to merge

  May 17 2012 Secondment firms Advent Lawyers and Balance Legal have agreed to merge on 1 July. The combined firm will be known as AdventBalance, will have a headcount of around 80... more

• Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill scoops up multiple awards

  May 16 2012 Singapore law firm Allen & Gledhill was the big winner at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2012, an industry event to recognised excellence in the South East Asia region.... more

• Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok hires BLP lawyer as India head

  May 10 2012 Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner senior associate Azmul Haque as a partner and the co-head the firm’s India practice.   Shook Lin’s... more

• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Singapore set to license more foreign law firms

  Apr 26 2012 More foreign firms will be granted entry into the Singapore legal services market with a second round of licences to be granted in 2012. The first round of approvals... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch in Singapore

  Apr 12 2012 Squire Sanders has announced the imminent launch of a new office in Singapore, after receiving an operating license from the Attorney-General's Chambers. The... more

• Slaughter & May and Allen and Overy make annual promotions

  Apr 04 2012 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy have announced their annual partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two made up at Slaughters. Slaughters elevated... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• Delegation offers Australia as leading venue for international dispute resolution

  Mar 12 2012 Australia has become a key forum for the resolution of international disputes in Asia, with a solid and robust legal framework that is attractive to international... more

• UK firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain boosts SIngapore office with relocation

  Mar 09 2012 UK insurance specialist firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has boosted its Singapore office by relocating legal director Jeremy Hewitt from London. Mark Errington,... more

• Documentation and Due Diligence Procedure – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA):

  Feb 28 2012 Documentation and Due Diligence Procedure – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): - http://lawoutlaw.blog.com/2012/02/20/fatca-documentation-and-due-diligence/ more

• Singapore allows foreign law firms to take a stake in local legal practices

  Feb 16 2012 Singapore has passed legislation to foreign law firms to own a stake in local legal practices or share in their profits, and has relaxed the rules for admission of... more

• Freshfields plans to relaunch in Singapore after five years' absence

  Feb 15 2012 Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to relaunch its Singapore office, nearly five years after shutting down its former office in the region.... more

• Chinese firm Yingke continues aggressive expansion with new offices in Poland and Turkey

  Jan 31 2012 Yingke, China’s second largest firm by lawyer headcount has announced a further expansion abroad, launching an office in Poland and another in Turkey. The move comes... more

• Dacheng Law Offices switches joint law venture partners in Singapore

  Jan 28 2012 Chinese law firm Dacheng Law Offices, has ended its alliance with Singapore firm Central Chambers, and formed a new joint law venture with Wong Alliance. The new... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Mumbai-based firm Wadia Ghandi secures practice licenses for Singapore base

  Dec 09 2011 Mumbai-based law firm Wadia Ghandy & Co is set to launch a fully operational base in Singapore, after partners Ankit Majmudar and Shabnum Kajiji secured their licences... more

• Herbert Smith boosts Asia finance practice with A&O hire

  Dec 06 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its Asia finance capacity with the hire of Philip Lee, a former international capital markets consultant in Allen & Overy's Singapore office.... more

• Merger negotiations between Alllen & Gledhill and A&O pose questions for future of profession in Singapore

  Nov 30 2011 As Allen & Gledhill, Singapore's leading corporate law firm continues its courtship with British giant Allen & Overy, many in the industry are asking what a merger... more

• Top Japanese firm set to launch in Singapore

  Nov 14 2011 Japanese firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to open a Singapore office in early 2012 pending regulatory approval. The firm - one of Japan's Big Four corporate law... more

• Allen & Overy in negotiations with Links' Singapore partner

  Nov 08 2011 Allen & Overy is in negotiations with Linklaters' Singapore partner Allen & Gledhill, discussing a potential tie up. Such an alliance would be a significant boost to... more

• Singapore firm RHT boosts disputes practice with lateral hires

  Nov 02 2011 Taylor Wessing’s Singapore alliance firm RHT has boosted its litigation and dispute resolution practices with the hire of two partners from rival Singaporean firms.... more

• Baker & McKenzie boosts Singapore disputes practice with Ang & Partners hire

  Oct 06 2011 Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore member firm Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow has hired senior counsel Chan Leng Sun from Singapore firm Ang & Partners, and appointed him as... more

• Addleshaw Goddard loses Singapore head ahead of launch

  Oct 03 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scooped up partner Kent Phillips from Addleshaw Goddard, just before that he was due to launch and lead a new Singapore office for his... more

• Singapore firm Rajah & Tann launches in Vietnam and Bangkok

  Sep 16 2011 Prominent Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has launched offices in Vietnam and Thailand. The Ho Chi Minh office has a headcount of four lawyers while the Bangkok office... more

• Norton Rose to lose four partners in Middle East

  Aug 08 2011 Norton Rose is set to lose four partners from its Middle East practice to other firms. Regional managing partner Campbell Steedman, a corporate lawyer based in... more

• 105 staff and lawyers leave Singapore firm KhattarWong to launch new firm

  Aug 04 2011 Singapore-based firm KhattarWong has lost around 105 staff and lawyers in a mass departure led by managing partner Tan Chong Huat. The departing group – which includes... more

• DLA Piper starts to rebuild China IP group with Foley & Lardner hire

  Jul 25 2011 DLA Piper has hired former Foley & Lardner senior counsel Yan Zhao to join its Greater China intellectual property team as a partner. Yan brings over 13 years... more

• Malaysian firm Zaid Ibrahim rebrands itself as an 'Asean brand'

  Jul 20 2011 Malaysia’s largest law firm by headcount, Zaid Ibrahim, has rebranded under the name ZICOlaw and has named Singapore as its regional hub as part of a push to establish... more

• Mayer Brown set to launch in Singapore

  Jul 01 2011 Mayer Brown is set to launch in Singapore, after the firm relocated Hong Kong projects partner Kevin Owen to lead the new office. Owen will be joined by Hong Kong... more

• Duane Morris set to launch shipping group in Singapore

  Jun 21 2011 Duane Morris & Selvam is set to launch a new shipping and maritime practice in Singapore after hiring two of the three senior partners from local maritime firm Navin &... more

• ALB Law Awards: Amarchand, AZB and Talwar Thakore take top honours

  Jun 08 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas has been chosen as the ‘Indian Deal Firm of the Year’ for 2011 at ALB SE Asia 2011 Law Awards. Amarchand & Mangaldas took the award for ‘Debt... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner reports 56% jump in profits

  May 30 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has reported a 56 per cent jump in profits per equity partner, up from £455,000 to £712,000, in the last financial year. The firm increased... more

• Forty redundancies at Addleshaw Goddard

  May 24 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to make 40 redundancies in its business services division support staff, as part of a major restructure. The cuts follow reports... more

• US firms flock to Hong Kong

  May 16 2011 US firms are flocking to Hong Kong with 46 of the top 100 US firms (by revenue) having a presence in the city. In the past year firms such as Locke Lord Bissell &... more

• Webb Henderson to Launch in London

  May 11 2011 International boutique law firm Webb Henderson is set to launch an office in London with the hire of Gordon Moir, the former general counsel of British Telecom (BT)... more

• Clifford Chance focusses on Asia in 23-strong promotions round

  May 04 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the results of its 2011 partnership promotions round, elevating 23 lawyers to the partnership. The promotions reflect a strategic... more

• DLA Piper merges with DLA Phillips Fox to enter Australian market

  May 04 2011 International law firm DLA Piper has entered the Australian market after merging with local firm DLA Phillips Fox. The integration of the two firms bolsters DLA... more

• Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya announce 2011 promotions

  Apr 26 2011 Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya have announced their 2011 promotions. Mishcons made up two partners: litigator Derval Walsh was made up in London, and civil and... more

• Linklaters promotes 18 to partnership globally

  Apr 12 2011 Linklaters has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 14 last year. In a statement, senior partner David Cheyne said:... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 05 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from eight in 2010. The majority of the promotions – nine of... more

• Singapore government considers easing restrictions on foreign lawyers

  Mar 11 2011 The Singapore government has announced that it is considering a move to further liberalise its rules on allowing foreign lawyers to practice in the country, and has... more

• 2011: a good year for deal advisors in Asia-Pacific region

  Mar 09 2011 The Asia Pacific region is showing strong activity capital markets issuance and M&A, with deals hitting a high of US$84.9bn in Jan 2011. Singapore M&A partner at... more

• Australian firm Advent Lawyers launches in Singapore

  Feb 28 2011 Australian law firm Advent Lawyers has launched an office in Singapore, becoming the seventh Australian law firm to enter the Singapore legal services market alongside... more

• Top UK firm Clifford Chance merges with two Australian firms

  Feb 17 2011 Clifford Chance, the UK’s highest-grossing law firm last year, has announced a merger with two Australian firms. Clifford Chance will join with Sydney firm Chang,... more

• Australia promotes Sydney as key regional seat of arbitration

  Feb 11 2011 Australia has taken further steps to bolster its position as a viable seat for international dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific region, sending a delegation to a... more

• Sat Pal Khattar awarded Padma Sri - an interview

  Feb 10 2011 Sat Pal Khattar founder of KhattarWong, one of the largest law firms in Singapore was awarded the Padma Sri by the Indian Government on Republic Day. He is presently... more

• Jones Day appoints new Partner in Charge in Singapore

  Jan 18 2011 Jones Day has appointed a new Partner in Charge of its Singapore office, bestowing the role upon banking and finance partner Sushma Jobanputra. Jobanputra takes over... more

• India: AZB, Amarchand and Platinum advise GVK Energy fundraise

  Jan 13 2011 GVK Energy Limited (GVKEL), a subsidiary of GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited, has raised Rs. 698 crore ($155 million) from private equity firms Actis and Government... more

• Singapore to allow foreign lawyers to practice commercial law

  Jan 12 2011 Foreign lawyers may soon be permitted to practise commercial law in Singapore, if a proposal to establish a Foreign Practitioner Certificate (FPC) is approved.... more

• Norton Rose hires Ashurst partner to lead Asia-Pacific oil and gas team

  Jan 10 2011 Norton Rose has hired energy partner Ashley Wright of Ashurst in Singapore to lead its Asia-Pacific oil & gas team. The hire will give a boost to the firm’s ambitions... more

• Axon advises Jindal Stainless on restructuring bonds amounting to $24 million

  Dec 16 2010 JSL Stainless Limited has announced that in accordance with the approved restructured terms with the Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB) holders, the Company has... more

• Clyde & Co hires Singapore based disputes lawyer from Rajah & Tann

  Dec 06 2010 Ganesh Chandru has left top Singapore firm Rajah & Tann to join the arbitration team at Clyde & Co. Chandru is admitted to practice in England, Singapore and India,... more

• Legal business booming in Indonesia, India and Vietnam

  Nov 29 2010 Foreign and domestic law firms in Singapore have reported a boom in capital markets, M&A, energy, infrastructure and arbitration work from Indonesia, India, Vietnam... more

• Clifford Chance appoints new practice head for India

  Nov 26 2010 UK firm Clifford Chance has announced that Geraint Hughes is to become the firm’s practice head for India, a market that is closed to foreign law firms. Hughes will... more

• Clayton Utz, Freehills and Allen & Gledhill on proposed merger of Australian and Singapore Exchanges

  Oct 28 2010 The proposed merger between the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has attracted much interest from the legal and financial community.... more

• Imminent announcement: joint venture between US firm Duane Morris and Singaporean firm Arfat Selvam Alliance

  Oct 08 2010 US firm Duane Morris is set to announce a joint venture with a leading Singapore firm Arfat Selvam Alliance after gaining regulatory approval from the Singaporean... more

• Singapore Firm Rajah & Tann makes plans for expansion

  Sep 23 2010 Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has appointed Lee Eng Beng to the role of managing partner. Senior Counsel Lee will take up the position on 1 October, and plans to... more

• King & Spalding set to open office in Singapore

  Sep 22 2010 King & Spalding is set to open a new office in Singapore after winning government approval. The Singapore office will operate as a regional hub for the firm’s energy... more

• Paul Hastings relocates partner to from LA to Hong Kong

  Sep 20 2010 Paul Hastings is shifting talent to Asia in anticipation of an increase in large deals coming out of the region in the next six to 12 months. Real estate partner... more

• Allens to pull out of Bangkok and Phnom Penh?

  Sep 17 2010 There is a lot of buzz that Allens Arthur Robinson will close its Bangkok and Phnom Penh offices by the end of the year, with RollOnFriday, reporting that the firm has... more

• Clifford Chance raids Singaporean ex-partner firm for its head of capital markets

  Sep 10 2010 Clifford Chance has hired the head of capital markets from its former joint-venture firm in Singapore - WongPartnership. Raymond Tong has worked closely with... more

• Wongpartnership and Freehills advise on $1.54bn takeover

  Aug 26 2010 Singapore firm WongPartnership and Australian firm Freehills have advised on the first major private equity deal in Australia since 2007: a US$1.54 billion takeover... more

• Latham & Watkins and AZB lead $9.6bn Indian energy deal

  Aug 19 2010 Latham & Watkins is advising the London-based mining giant Vedanta Resources on its $9.6 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in the Indian oil and gas unit of... more

• Less jail time for DLA Piper's former Singapore partner

  Aug 16 2010 DLA Piper’s former Singapore partner, Rudy Lim, has won an appeal against his sentence after being found guilty of forgery in pay negotiations. Under the ruling the... more

• King & Spalding seek approval for expansion into Singapore

  Aug 11 2010 US firm King & Spalding has applied for government approval to open an office in Singapore. The firm’s firs office in Asia will be headed by global energy head Philip... more

• The globalised legal profession - what are the barriers?

  Jul 29 2010 Interesting article from The Economist about the globalized legal profession. The article looks at some of the remaining barriers to professional mobility inside... more

• Khazanah outbids Fortis in race for Parkway Holdings: Singapore law firms Allen & Gledhill, WongPartnership, Stamford Law and Rajah & Tann advise

  Jul 29 2010 Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah outbid Fortis Healthcare to acquire Parkway Holdings, Southeast Asia's largest hospital chain, for around $2.6 billion. The... more

• WongPartnership boosts environmental and green economy practice with new hire in Singapore

  Jul 22 2010 WongPartnership has hired Simon Tay as a senior consultant to its environmental and green economy and regional corporate/M&A practices. Tay is the current chairman of... more

• Amarchand and AZB on Actis and Khazanah’s $180 million investment in IDFC

  Jul 14 2010 Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah along with Actis have invested Rs. 840 crore ($ 180 million) in IDFC. AZB & Partners advised Khazanah group with Partner... more

• Pinsent Masons ties with local firm in Singapore

  Jul 09 2010 Pinsent Masons has formalised its association with Singapore ally Mpillay after working together successfully for three years. The combined firm will be called Pinsent... more

• Allens boosts Singapore office

  Jun 29 2010 Allens Arthur Robinson has boosted its Singapore office with the hire of Clifford Chance partner Rod Howell. Howell returns to Allens, where he began his career,... more

• NYSE exits NSE: AZB for NYSE

  May 18 2010 The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) exited from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) by transferring the 5 percent stake it held, to Singapore government-held Temasek... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 18 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 23 2010 Herbert Smith has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership, bringing their worldwide partner numbers to 272. Senior partner David Gold said: “I congratulate our new... more

• Norton Rose makes up 11 partners

  Apr 21 2010 Norton Rose has made up 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, just one partner down from last years figures, when 12 partners were made up.... more

• Allen & Overy make up 18 new partners in the 2010 round

  Mar 31 2010 Allen & Overy has made up 18 lawyers to its partnership across 13 countries, with the majority joining non-UK offices. The number is two less than that of 2009. The... more

• Norton Rose boosts partnership in Australia and Singapore

  Mar 11 2010 Norton Rose has hired five new partners for its continued push for territory in the Pacific. Four of the hires place partners in Australian offices. Robert... more

• Chiomenti opens in Singapore, enters alliance in Hong Kong

  Feb 09 2010 Italian law firm Chiomenti Studio Legale has announced that it will open an office in Singapore, which will be headed by partners Domenico Ferrari and Raffaella... more

• Clifford Chance, Latham bag lead roles on Singapore airline IPO

  Jan 25 2010 Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles as Tiger Airways becomes the first Asian airline to complete an initial public offering in the past five... more

• White & Case sends London partner to head Singapore arbitration practice

  Jan 14 2010 White & Case has launched an international arbitration practice in Singapore with a team of four lawyers. Partner Aloke Ray, who has moved from the firm’s London... more

• LAG Group Panama Attorney Participates in Singapore Panel on Trusts

  Jan 02 2010 Singapore, Singapore, December 04, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section recently held its Fall conference in Singapore... more

• Freshfields, Simmons, Hengeler lead on Springer Media sale

  Dec 14 2009 Swedish private equity firm EQT and the Singapore Government's GIC are buying Springer Science and Business Media for up to €2.2bn, allowing an exit for the two UK... more

• Panama Attorney Participates in Panel Discussion on Trusts held in Singapore

  Dec 03 2009 The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section recently held its Fall conference in Singapore titled "New York and New Asia: A Partnership for the... more

• Former DLA Piper partner faces forgery trial in Singapore

  Nov 04 2009 A former DLA Piper partner who left in 2006 to open a Singapore office for US firm Duane Morris is standing trial for forgery, writes The American Lawyer. Rudy Lim,... more

• Clifford Chance advises Citi and UBS on Indonesian high-yield transaction

  Aug 26 2009 Clifford Chance has advised Citi and UBS on an exchange offer, consent fee offer and new money issuance by Matahari International B.V., a special purpose finance... more

• K&L Gates launches Singapore arbitration practice

  Aug 18 2009 K&L Gates has appointed Raja Bose to head its international arbitration practice in Asia. Bose joins from Watson Farley & Williams’ Singapore office where he spent a... more

• Singapore to further liberalise practice for foreign law firms

  Aug 14 2009 After allowing six foreign law firms to practice local corporate law, Singapore will award more licences next year if local economic conditions permit it, says Law... more

• Freehills expands in Singapore with new partner hire

  Jul 27 2009 Freehills has appointed Geoffrey Grice, Deputy State Solicitor in the State Solicitor's Office of Western Australia, as a partner to its Singapore office. Grice has... more

• Clifford Chance hires Nish Shetty for Asian dispute resolution launch

  Jul 01 2009 Clifford Chance has appointed Nish Shetty in its Singapore office, in a move to strengthen ist new Southeast Asian dispute resolution practice. Shetty was a partner in... more

• Foreign law firms challenge locals in Singapore

  Jun 23 2009 Six foreign law firms granted licences to practise Singapore law - Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, White & Case, Herbert Smith, Norton Rose and Latham & Watkins - have... more

• Allen & Overy launches in Singapore with former White & Case ally

  Jun 02 2009 Allen & Overy has launched a standalone Singapore office after recruiting all lawyers at White & Case's former joint venture firm, Venture Law, which consists of... more

• Dentons reopens in Singapore

  Mar 19 2009 Dentons has opened a new office in Singapore, several years after leaving Asia. The office is expected to have a strong focus on trade finance, but no additional... more

• K&L Gates adds DLA Piper partner Kevin Murphy for Singapore launch

  Mar 03 2009 K&L Gates has opened an office in Singapore. Former DLA Piper partner Kevin Murphy will head the firm's corporate practice. K&L Gates now has five Asian offices... more

• Singapore lures overseas-trained lawyers back home

  Feb 13 2009 In a move to attract overseas-trained Singapore lawyers to come back and practise law at home, the Singapore Law Ministry will abolish the one-year-long Diploma in... more

• Eversheds launches in Singapore with DLA Piper hire

  Jan 26 2009 Eversheds is opening a new office in Singapore and also preparing for a launch in Hong Kong. The Singapore office will be headed by DLA Piper’s former Singapore... more

• Herbert Smith changes Asia management and construction group chief

  Jan 09 2009 Herbert Smith has established two new regional management roles in Asia. Hong Kong corporate partner Andrew Tortoishell will become Greater China Managing Partner,... more

• Singapore issues foreign law firm licences

  Dec 05 2008 Under a new scheme to allow foreign law practices to practise in Singapore, the government will be issuing Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences to six... more

• Bird & Bird forms alliance with Singapore firm Alban Tay

  Dec 04 2008 City law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its business in Asia by forming an alliance with Singapore-based firm Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva LLP. The partnership will... more