19 MARCH 2020 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Singapore Big Four law firm Drew & Napier has become the latest law firm in the city-state to establish a regional network after setting up Drew Network Asia (DNA), which also counts Malaysia’s Shearn Delamore & Co. and Indonesia’s Makarim & Taira S as members.
According to Drew, the alliance will help the member firms offer a full suite of services to clients within the ASEAN region. “While remaining independent, depending on the clients’ needs, we will operate as a “firm of firms” so that our clients will be seamlessly serviced in multiple jurisdictions,” the firm said in a statement. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Linklaters has advised Charoen Pokphand Group on its purchase of British retailer Tesco’s businesses in Thailand and Malaysia for $10.6 billion. Tesco was counselled by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy. Full Article |
| COVID-19 could be the black swan that has devastating effects on the global economy. Concerns over the impact of the virus have caused significant volatility in the stock markets over the last few weeks and the potential scale of the impact across a very wide range of industries is just beginning to be realised. Full Article |
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| Latham & Watkins has advised Indian credit card issuer SBI Cards on its 10,341-crore-rupee ($1.4 billion) IPO, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy representing the lead managers. Full Article |
| King & Wood Mallesons has hired Jake Robson as M&A partner in its Singapore office, from Morrison & Foerster. Full Article |
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| In another annual list, ALB picks the best lawyers working for offshore law firms in Asia. These lawyers are selected based on client feedback. Full Article |
| Ashurst has added corporate lawyer Melody He-Chen as a partner in Hong Kong from DLA Piper. Full Article |
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| Five former partners of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (LHAG), Malaysia’s second-largest law firm, have started a new firm called Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership (RDS) following an intra-firm dispute over tax treatment of money in client accounts. Full Article |
| India’s Argus Partners has added Suchita Ambadipudi as a corporate partner in Bengaluru. A specialist in capital markets and corporate advisory, Ambadipudi was most recently an independent counsel. Full Article |
| A&O, Freshies and Linklaters on $10.6 bln Tesco acquisition, A&O, CAM, HSF, Latham on SBI’s $1.4 bln India IPO, and many more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| JSA elevates three to partnership, Ashurst nabs corp partner from DLA Piper, and many more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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