07 APRIL 2022 Top 10 Headlines | MARI IWATA Linklaters has hired transactional lawyer Tracy Whiriskey has a partner in Tokyo from Ashurst, where she headed that firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Japan, and insurance practice in Asia.
With experience in energy transition, the digital economy, infrastructure funds and insurance, among others, Whiriskey joined Ashurst in 2016 from Clifford Chance, where she spent more than a decade. She started her career with Australian firm Allens. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Manila-headquartered boutique Gulapa Law has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial capital of Vietnam. This is the firm’s first Asian office outside of its home base of the Philippines. Full Article |
| Mayer Brown has hired energy expert Justin Tan as a partner in Singapore from Clyde & Co. Full Article |
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| Touchstone Partners and Induslaw have advised India’s Mohalla Tech and its short-video platform ShareChat, respectively, on the $700 million acquisition of Bengaluru-based rival MX TakaTak from MX Media. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised the seller. Full Article |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired international arbitration expert Ing Loong Yang as a partner in Hong Kong from Latham & Watkins. Full Article |
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| ALB honours leading women lawyers in Asia who have continuously made their mark in the market. We are pleased to launch our Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers, which will be announced in the ALB magazine's June 2022 issue.
Submission Deadline: Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:00 pm (Singapore Time)
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| Mehraab Nazir, a partner at Watson Farley & Williams’ Singapore office, lost his life following a rockslide accident while walking with his family in Australia’s Blue Mountains. Full Article |
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| Offshore law firm Appleby has hired Richard Grasby as partner and head of its private client and trusts team in Hong Kong. Grasby was most recently a foreign legal consultant at Facey & Associates. Full Article |
| Ghows, a Singapore-based law firm specializing in technology and intellectual property, has hired IP specialists Teresa O’Connor and Patsy Koh as directors from Infinitus Law. Full Article |
| Indian law firm JSA has named partners Rupinder Malik and Varghese Thomas to its newly reconstituted executive committee and announced that joint managing partners Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy will continue in their roles for three more years. Full Article |
| Indian law firm ANM Global has expanded its intellectual property offering after merging with the Mumbai-based IP boutique Literati Juris. Full Article |
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