25 APR 2019 Top 10 Headlines | ALB Malaysia has been seeing the rise of some quality smaller law firms that are punching well above their weight in terms of work handled and services delivered.
For this reason, in its June 2019 issue, ALB is spotlighting a list of Firms To Watch for Malaysia. These are firms that are small but are already making waves, and either challenging (or with the potential to challenge) much larger law firms for their share of the work.
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| King & Wood Mallesons has hired Rachel Yu as a partner in Hong Kong from Herbert Smith Freehills, where she was a senior associate. Full Article |
| Trilegal, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised U.S. private equity fund Blackstone on its purchase of a $462 million majority stake in Indian packaging company Essel Propack (EPL), which was represented by Khaitan & Co and Baker McKenzie. Full Article |
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| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has hired investment funds lawyer Joel Seow as a partner in Singapore, and a director of its local member firm, Morgan Lewis Stamford. Full Article |
| Singapore law is the second-most adopted governing law in cross-border transactions in Asia after English Law, a survey commissioned by the Singapore Academy of Law’s (SAL) Promotion of Singapore Law Committee has found. Full Article |
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| Beijing-headquartered Tian Yuan Law Firm has hired capital markets expert Nan Li as a partner in Hong Kong from Paul Hastings, where he was a partner and the Chief Representative in the Beijing office. Full Article |
| Khaitan & Co. and Latham and Watkins have advised India’s Sterling and Wilson Solar, one of the world’s largest solar engineering, procurement (EPC) companies, on its application for a $648 million initial public offering. Full Article |
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| The Singapore office of 39 Essex Chambers, a noted UK barristers’ chambers, has strengthened its arbitration practice with the hire of Steven Lim from CMS, where he was a senior partner in the local office. Full Article |
| Big Four firm EY has established an incubator programme in Singapore called EY Foundry aimed at startups in areas like legaltech, tax, accounting, fintech and regtech. Full Article |
| India’s HSA Advocates has appointed Gaurav Sahay as a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice in the southern city of Bengaluru from Kochhar & Co. Full Article |
| David Case, a former IP and technology partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Tokyo, has left the firm to launch his own boutique, Asia Pacific Law, in the United States. Full Article |
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