Other News SG: Mayer Brown adds third partner this year with Kim & Chang hire Mayer Brown has hired international arbitration expert Kay-Jannes Wegner as a partner in its litigation & dispute resolution practice in Singapore from Korea’s largest law firm, Kim & Chang. Wegner will relocate from Seoul. Khaitan, AZB act on Citi’s $1.6 bln sale of India business to Axis Khaitan & Co has advised Indian private lender Axis Bank on its $1.6 billion acquisition of the credit card and retail businesses in the South Asian country from Citigroup's local consumer banking arm. AZB & Partners acted for DLA adds projects partner in HK from Links DLA Piper has hired Crystal Chen as a partner in its finance, projects and restructuring practice from Linklaters, the U.S. firm’s fourth lateral hire in Hong Kong in the past six months. A Q&A with Daniel Pardede, one of ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers [Brought to you by HHP Law Firm] The technology sector has become increasingly prominent in the past few years, partly because of the pandemic, and partly due to the emergence of new areas – from AI to fintech to decentralised finance and everything in between. To succeed in this dynamic environment, the best TMT lawyers have had to keep up with rapidly changing business and regulatory trends. Simmons hires last Taylor Vinters lawyer in Singapore UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired TMT and IP expert Yingyu Wang as a partner in Singapore from Taylor Vinters Via, which shuttered its Singapore office recently. SUBMISSIONS OPEN: 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. A&G represents investors in Coda Payments’ $690 mln fundraising Allen & Gledhill has advised venture capital firm Insight Partners and U.S. private equity firm Smash Capital in their investment into Singaporean digital content monetisation platform Coda Payments. IndusLaw hires Bengaluru disputes partner from Argus Indian law firm IndusLaw has made its second disputes partner hire in two months after adding Maneesha Kongovi in Bengaluru from Argus Partners. SURVEY OPEN: ALB India Super 50 In this listing, ALB will pick the most highly recommended private-practice lawyers based permanently in India. These lawyers will be selected based on client feedback. The survey will close on June 10, 2022. HSF’s Indonesia firm adds 2 partners from HHP, in-house Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, Herbert Smith Freehills’ Indonesia association firm, has hired Abimata Putra and Irfan Ghazali as partners in Jakarta. While Abimata was most recently at HHP Law Firm, Irfan joins from an in-house role at telecom company Sarana Menara Nusantara. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE NEWS ON THE ALB WEBSITE |