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TikTok owner ByteDance hires Skadden China head as CFO
By REUTERS / APRIL 27. 2022

TikTok owner ByteDance has appointed Julie Gao, head of the China practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, as its new chief financial officer (CFO), according to an internal memo sent to staff on Monday and seen by Reuters. 

Gao, one of Skadden's top capital markets lawyers, will be based in Hong Kong and Singapore once she joins ByteDance, according to the memo sent by ByteDance chief executive Liang Rubo.
 

  
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Greenberg Traurig eyes Singapore after hires from Hogan Lovells
U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has set its sights on Singapore after hiring three lawyers from Hogan Lovells’ Tokyo and Hong Kong offices: Partner Joseph Kim, counsel William Wu, and associate Da Woon Jeong. All three join as shareholders.


AZB, Argus, Wadia Ghandy, Singhi advise on India’s largest-ever merger
Wadia Ghandy & Co. and Cravath, Swaine & Moore have represented HDFC Bank, India's largest private lender, on its $40 billion deal to buy its biggest shareholder, HDFC, which was counseled by AZB & Partners, Argus Partners and Singhi & Co.
 

McDermott expands SG office with Sidley investigations, compliance team
U.S. law firm McDermott Will & Emery has continued to expand its newly established Singapore office after hiring four lawyers specializing in investigations and compliance from Sidley Austin, including partners Yuet Ming Tham and Shu Min Ho. Tham will join as Singapore managing partner.

Arntzen, HSF, BAHR advise on $631 mln Japan-Norway renewables deal
Herbert Smith Freehills and Norwegian firm Arntzen de Besche have advised Japanese trading house Mitsui on its 575-million-euro ($631 million) investment in Mainstream Renewable Power, a company controlled by Norway's Aker Horizons.


Harry Elias lands construction arbitration expert from LVM Law Chambers
Singapore’s Harry Elias Partnership has hired construction and engineering arbitration expert Joanna Seetoh as a partner from LVM Law Chambers, where she was an associate director.
 

IndusLaw advises Indian logistics provider on $300 mln fundraising
IndusLaw has advised Indian end-to-end logistics services provider Xpressbees on a $300 million fundraising round, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Anagram Partners, AZB & Partners and Trilegal advising various investors.


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ALB Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2022
ALB will pick the most highly recommended TMT practitioners based permanently in the Asian region. The list will be published in the August issue of ALB Asia.

These lawyers will be selected based on client feedback. Clients should fill out the online survey, naming their recommended lawyer and the reasons for recommending him/her.

The survey will close on June 10, 2022. Please email Rowena at rowena.muniz@tr.com should you have any queries.

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ALB Asia Top 10 Offshore Litigators 2022
We are now accepting submissions for the ALB Asia Top 10 Offshore Litigators 2022. D

To be eligible, lawyers must either be based in Asia full-time or do a significant amount of work-related to Asian jurisdictions.

Please fill in the form and direct submissions to Bingqing at bingqing.wang@thomsonreuters.com. The deadline for submission is June 3, 2022.

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Kyu Chul Lee, managing partner of Korea’s DR &AJU, sheds light on his management philosophy and strategy for the firm’s growth. He also recounts some of the highlights from his time in charge and the motto he lives by.
 
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It’s been two years since the pandemic began, and the concepts of “work” and “employment” are starting to look very different for industries globally. Law firms realise that if they want to avoid becoming victims of the Great Resignation, they need to have an honest conversation about the needs of their lawyers. This year’s ALB Employer of Choice celebrates the cream of the crop.
 
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Click here to access the full list of surveys and rankings that are currently underway and open for submissions. 

    

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Upclose: Women leadership and mentoring with Gabriela Kennedy, Partner at Mayer Brown and Head of the Asia IP and TMT group

On this podcast episode, we speak with Gabriela Kennedy on Women Leadership and Mentoring. She shares her inspiring journey from a former theoretical linguist to a successful lawyer and how her background in different fields helps her in her legal work. Gabriela also speaks about how she connected executive women from different industries with Mayer Brown’s women lawyers to exchange ideas of professional and topical interests, and what are the benefits of women mentoring other women at the workplace.


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