05 SEPTEMBER 2019 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Morrison & Foerster has appointed Jon Ornolfsson as a partner in the firm’s global project finance group in Singapore from Ashurst.
Ornolfsson is the second project finance partner to join the firm’s Singapore office this year, following the arrival of Tessa Davis in May. He is also the sixth partner-level lateral for the firm in Asia this year, the others being antitrust and investigations partner Daiske Yoshida in Tokyo, capital markets partner Ke Huang in Hong Kong, and corporate partners Ruomu Li and Lucy (Qiong) Lu in Shanghai and Beijing, respectively. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| The long-standing partnership between ALB and The Macallan continues for yet another year at The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2019. Full Article |
| Herbert Smith Freehills has hired disputes lawyer Warathorn Wongsawangsiri as a partner in the firm’s Bangkok office from local heavyweight Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners. Full Article |
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| Research for the ALB Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2019 rankings has commenced. Please use the forms below to submit your numbers to us. We will also be reaching out to you individually. Full Article |
| Offshore law firm Maples Group has hired a four-lawyer team in Hong Kong from Norton Rose Fulbright, including Jonathan Silver, who headed that firm’s North Asia shipping practice. Full Article |
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| We are now accepting submissions for the ALB India Top Disputes Lawyers 2019. Full Article |
| HFW has bolstered its shipping practice in Singapore with the hire of dry shipping expert Christopher Metcalf as a partner from Clyde & Co. Full Article |
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| Allen & Gledhill guides in the $547 mln acquisition of a fleet of Suezmax tankers, top firms confirm roles in Hain Celestial $342 mln offloading of Tilda to Ebro, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| Clyde & Co has hired finance and energy expert Fei Kwok in Hong Kong as the head of its Greater China banking and finance head from Norton Rose Fulbright. Full Article |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has strengthened its private equity practice with the hire of Ravindra Bandhakavi as the head of that practice in Delhi from Trilegal. Full Article |
| HFW recruits shipping partner from Clyde, MoFo boosts its global project finance group with hire from Ashurst, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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