| This week’s Insights looked at the recent Korean presidential election, the enduring importance of HK to PRC firms, and one of Singapore’s hot new legal-tech startups. |
| Morrison & Foerster has hired Serena Tan as a corporate partner in Hong Kong from Debevoise & Plimpton. |
| Veyrah Law, a new firm focused on corporate and M&A matters co-founded by corporate specialist Ajay Joseph and of counsel Sandhya Sondhi, has opened in Mumbai. |
| Donovan & Ho, a Kuala Lumpur-headquartered boutique firm, has hired family law specialist Aileen Lau from Han & Partners. |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell has acted for Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC) in a complex, cross-border bank bond restructuring deal valued at $800 million. |
| Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has welcomed Komal Gupta as its head of innovation and artificial intelligence (AI). |
| India’s Luthra & Luthra (L&L) has represented U.S.-based Emerson Electric on the India leg of its $ 3.15 billion multi-jurisdictional acquisition of the valves and controls business of London’s Pentair Group. |
| MoFo nabs Debevoise corporate specialist in HK, CC, DLA Piper and others announce partner promotions and many more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. |
| Bakers and L&L in Emerson Electric’s $3.15 bln buy of Pentair Group’s V&C biz, Davis Polk and CC lead on $800 mln Mongolian Mining Corp restructuring, and many more in this week’s Asia deals table. |
| Linklaters has hired Simon Meng as corporate partner from King & Wood Mallesons and Andrew Ruff as projects partner from Shearman & Sterling, both based in Shanghai. |
| Chinese firm Haiwen & Partners has represented China Everbright Greentech, a greentech subsidiary of China Everbright International, in its $376.4 million IPO and spin-off listing in Hong Kong. |
