| Four more partners have left Ropes & Gray’s Hong Kong office, including office head Paul Boltz. The team, which also includes Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin and Brian Schwarzwalder, has moved to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. | With 13 nominations each, SG's Allen & Gledhill and Vietnam’s Vision & Associates are at the forefront of the 2017 ALB SE Asia Law Awards, which will honour the winners at a black-tie event on May 18 at the St. Regis Singapore. |
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| Linklaters is in talks with Chinese law firm to enter into a "best friends" relationship in the next two or three months, with an eye to eventually launching a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ). | | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has shored up its corporate practice by hiring Amit Khansaheb as well as five other partners and 32 lawyers from BMR Legal. | | Latham & Watkins has advised Nord Anglia Education on its go-private deal with a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Baring Private Equity Asia, which owns 67 percent of the Hong Kong-based operator of international schools. | | Indian law firm Phoenix Legal has hired corporate specialist Shadaan Mohammed Saipillai from Kochhar & Co. | | Debevoise & Plimpton has represented Japan’s Sawai Pharmaceutical in a $1.05 billion to purchase the generic-drug unit of Minnesota-based Upsher-Smith Laboratories, which turned to U.S. firm Lindquist & Vennum for advice. | | Ropes & Gray HK exits continue, Clyde & Co announces partner promotions, and other updates in this week’s Asia Appointments table. | | K&E, Latham, Ropes and Weil on HK-based Nord Anglia Education's go-private deal, Debevoise on Upsher-Smith's sale of its generic-drugs biz to Japan's Sawai, and many more in this week's Asia Deals table. |
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