ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS E-NEWSLETTER

Lubis Ganie, AHP, HHP bag key wins at ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2017

Mohamed Idwan “Kiki” Ganie of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo was named as Managing Partner of the Year, and Ahmad Fikri Assegaf of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners was adjudged Dealmaker of the Year at the ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2017, which also saw Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners (HHP) pick up the key award of Indonesia Law Firm of the Year.

DLA lands Withers’ Hong Kong employment head

DLA Piper has hired Helen Colquhoun as a partner and head of its employment team in Hong Kong.

[SPONSORED EU Regime]: When Blockchain meets GDPR

By Carmen Tang, Senior Associate, Digital Business Practice Group, Oldham, Li & Nie 

SG: Reed Smith hires Simmons’ SE Asia construction head

Reed Smith has added projects and construction partner Bree Miechel to its energy and natural resources group in Singapore from Simmons & Simmons, where she led the construction practice for Southeast Asia.

SPONSORED: Saving a corporate reputation – Litigation and communication for Asian companies in the U.S.

By Michael Gross, vice chairman, and Walter Montgomery, partner and co-founder, of Finsbury. 

Weerawong, Bakers act on $1.9 bln Thailand monorail financing

Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners has represented Thai mass transit operator BTS Group Holdings on the 1.9 billion financing of the planned Pink Line and Yellow Line monorail systems, with Baker McKenzie Thailand representing the lenders.

India’s Kochhar hires corporate partner from Khaitan in Bengaluru

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