11 FEBRUARY 2021 Top 10 Headlines | ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS In this new listing, ALB will pick the most highly recommended arbitration and litigation practitioners based permanently in the Asian region. The list will be published in the April issue of ALB Asia.
These lawyers will be selected based on client feedback.
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| K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has added Marius Toime as a corporate partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP). Full Article |
| ALB’s annual survey of the best law firms to work for in Asia is now open. The list will be published in the April issue of ALB Asia. Full Article |
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| Offshore firm Maples and Calder has expanded its global dispute resolution and insolvency practice after hiring Nick Stern and Quentin Cregan as partners in its Hong Kong Full Article |
| Zulfiquar Memon, founder and managing partner at MZM Legal, talks about his motto of living by “experiment & exploration”, how the firm successfully navigated through the pandemic and its strategy of investing in young talent while giving them the freedom to explore and innovate . Full Article |
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| ALB Malaysia Law Awards returns on its 8th year in 2021. The renowned event continues to celebrate exceptional contributions from Malaysia’s private practice law firms and in-house teams. The awards ceremony will be held virtually on Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021. Full Article |
| Squire Patton Boggs has Kate Sherrard as a partner in Singapore from Clifford Chance, was previously head of that firm’s Asia-Pacific maritime and offshore group. Full Article |
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| Submissions are now open for the ALB 2021 Intellectual Property Rankings. The rankings will be published in the May issues of ALB Asia and ALB China. Full Article |
| U.S. firm King & Spalding has hired Michael E. Arruda as a senior counsel in Hong Kong from Baker Botts, where he was partner-in-charge of the firm’ Beijing and Hong Kong offices. Full Article |
| Arbitrage funds may have further options available to maximise the value of their position in companies seeking to avail themselves of the Cayman Islands merger regime. In the recent article published by the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors the upward trajectory in share appraisal litigation in Cayman Islands was considered. Full Article |
| Mayer Brown has closed its office in Bangkok, and the office partner-in-charge, Maythawee Sarathai, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth as a partner. Full Article |
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