07 JANUARY 2021 Top 10 Headlines | ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) plays an instrumental role in shaping the economy. Over the years, M&A deals have expanded both in scale, frequency, and, complexity. Given Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on deals execution, the economic uncertainty, coupled with strengthened antitrust laws across jurisdictions, M&A lawyers will have to leverage their skills to navigate these testing times.
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| Global firm White & Case has continued to expand its debt finance practice in Asia with the addition of Clara Shirota as a partner in Tokyo. She joins from Clifford Chance, where she was a consultant. Full Article |
| Rajah & Tann Technologies (RTTech), a unit of Singapore Big Four firm Rajah & Tann, has joined with cybersecurity service provider Resolvo Systems to establish a platform called Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity (RTCyber). Full Article |
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| Conducting due diligence on your third parties is an integral part of running a compliance programme, as it helps you uncover risks that might otherwise slip past if third parties simply answered questionnaires or were trusted to self-disclose information. Full Article |
| Debt capital markets specialist Yue Song has left Clifford Chance to join King & Wood Mallesons as a partner in Hong Kong. Full Article |
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| Mino Han, a partner at Peter & Kim’s Seoul office, talks about how he joined the specialised arbitration boutique, how the firm is “uniquely” placed to fill a big void in the disputes landscape, and how happy lawyers lead to happy clients. Full Article |
| Wong & Partners, a member of the Baker McKenzie network, has hired Ai Leen Tang as a partner in Kuala Lumpur from local competitor Zul Rafique & Partners, where she headed the corporate real estate practice group. Full Article |
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| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised Blackstone on its 75-billion-rupee ($1 billion) acquisition of Piramal Group’s Piramal Glass, which was counselled by Trilegal. Full Article |
| White & Case has hired Tim Fourteau and Jamie Franklin as partners in Singapore from Latham & Watkins, where they were both counsel. Full Article |
| India’s Khaitan & Co. has added Akshay Malhotra and Sudipta Bhattacharjee as partners in Delhi . While Malhotra was formerly with HSA Advocates, Bhattacharjee joins from Advaita Legal. Full Article |
| India’s IndusLaw has advised food delivery app Zomato on its $660 million fundraising from companies including Fidelity Management & Research Company and Tiger Global Management, which were counselled by AZB & Partners. Full Article |
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