Tag: Mergers and acquisitions

Greenberg Traurig has hired Ashok Lalwani, a former Baker McKenzie leader, to expand its cross-border and India-focused corporate practice in Singapore

Paul Hastings has hired Zhou Quan as a partner in Hong Kong, expanding its Greater China capital markets and M&A practice.

NEC Corporation plans to acquire US software firm CSG Systems International for USD2.9 billion, with Freshfields and Simpson Thacher advising

Veteran lawyer Wang Weidong has joined Jingtian & Gongcheng in Beijing as a partner, bringing more than 30 years of experienc

Amitabh Sharma returns to JSA as a partner in Gurugram, bringing over 25 years of M&A and corporate law expertise

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has launched a Malaysia desk with RDS Partnership to support Japanese investment and cross-border work in Southeast Asia

O’Melveny & Myers is closing its Tokyo office after nearly 40 years, with Tokyo head Yoji Maeda set to retire

Structuring ESOPs in M&As helps retain key talent and ensure compliance

Greenberg Traurig expands its Singapore office with seven new lawyers to strengthen its regional full-service capabilities

Bird & Bird hires Andrew MacGeoch as Asia-Pacific hospitality co-head in Singapore

Dishi Bhomawat joins Touchstone Partners as counsel, strengthening private equity and M&A expertise in Mumbai

Aequitas Law Partners launches in Mumbai with four former IC Universal Legal partners bringing strong expertise in corporate and regulatory law

CCI tightens scrutiny on gun jumping and CSI sharing in M&A standstill periods

Ex-Kudun partners have launched Mediums, a new Thai law firm focused on M&A and business rehabilitation

Yoon & Yang hired Keum Seok Oh and Yeong Ho Shin to boost its antitrust practice

Dentons Link Legal adds Taskeen Pirani as associate partner in Mumbai healthcare and life sciences practice

Samvad Partners promotes Jagriti Mohata, Lalit Munshi and Nivedita Udupa to partners

PVP Ventures makes INR1.82b healthcare acquisitions advised by multiple law firms

JSA appoints Kanchan Sinha as retained partner in Gurugram corporate practice

In recent years, M&A in the global biopharmaceutical sector has remained highly active

Milbank hires Maurice Conway in Singapore to expand private equity in Southeast Asia

Jia Yuan, Zhong Lun, KWM and Haiwen advise on HEC’s RMB28b acquisition of WinTrix DC, China’s biggest data centre M&A

Technology and tighter budgets are pushing in-house teams to handle routine work themselves, while law firms are expected to deliver higher strategic value.

Sumitomo, SMBC Aviation Capital, Apollo and Brookfield are acquiring Air Lease Corporation in a USD7.4 billion deal

Warranty and indemnity insurance is reshaping Indian M&A deals by shifting risk to insurers while offering enhancements

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu boosts its Bangkok office with top hires to expand energy and TMT practices

Florete Law partners with A&D Law to offer cross-border legal services in Southeast Asia

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired M&A partner Ben Macdonald to expand its corporate team in Melbourne

Veritas, Khaitan & Ascendus advised on Radico Khaitan’s stake buy in Dyavol Spirits

Corrs Chambers Westgarth hires Tim Gordon as Sydney corporate partner

Abhishek Kalra rejoins Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in the corporate practice at the Mumbai office

Srivastava has over 16 years' experience advising on private equity, exits, and cross-border M&A

Vinit Patwari joins CMS IndusLaw as partner in transactions practice

Legal work in Asia's insurance sector is rising amid regulatory shifts and global disruptions

Iqbal Khan joins Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai with his 12-member corporate team

Anta Sports has acquired German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin for USD290 million, with legal advice from Morgan Lewis and Latham & Watkins

DaHui Lawyers adds PE partner Jason Song to its Shanghai team

JunHe has hired veteran cross-border lawyer Kenneth Zhou to strengthen its international legal services

Mohapatra, previously a counsel at Trilegal, is a qualified lawyer with more than 10 years of experience, focusing on M&A, and private equity

Unilateral appointment clauses in public-private contracts violate Article 14, as per a landmark ruling

Chi Weihong, ex-TianTong, founded Zai Sheng Law Firm, specializing in debt restructuring and bankruptcy

Shameek Chaudhuri, a former partner at Vritti Law Partners, has started a new firm Avyakta Law

Arjun Chaturvedi has moved from edtech to become the legal head of Nielsen's Global Capability Centre India

EQT’s USD1.1B buyout of PropertyGuru will make it private, advised by Latham, Ropes & Freshfields

The merger of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers with Paradeep Phosphates, forming a leading integrated private sector fertiliser entity in India

After a long lull in investment activity, m&a deals are picking up across asia

Most law firms are bullish about anticipated upticks in M&A activity

Japan has witnessed keen growth in 2023 and the year ahead looks just as optimistic, say top lawyers

Han Kun Law Offices has set up in Singapore, the firm’s first branch outside China and the second overseas premises after its Hong Kong arm qualified to practice in November last year

William Greenlee, a partner and managing director of the Singapore office of DFDL, has left Asia to take a new role as an of counsel at American law firm Fennemore

Tian Yuan Law Firm has opened an office in Nanjing, the group’s 12th, to provide legal services in areas such as capital markets and securities, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance and asset management, antitrust, and dispute resolution

Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy are re-elected joint managing partners of JSA for another three-year term

Ogier claims to have become the first offshore law firm with an office in mainland China, having opened in Shanghai in July

Baker & McKenzie appointed six new partners across China and welcomed another from Shearman & Sterling