Tag: Private Equity

Greenberg Traurig strengthens its Singapore team with Ashok Lalwani and Shih-Chi Pan to boost cross-border and India-focused legal capabilities across Asia

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

O’Melveny hires John Curran as Corporate Finance Partner in Singapore to expand Asia presence

TT&A advised A91 Emerging Fund II on its investment in Ratnaa Shree Anandhaas Hotels, a Tamil Nadu-based restaurant chain.

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

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

Han Kun Law Offices has hired Zhang Dong at its Shenzhen office to strengthen the dispute resolution practice

Foreign investors find India’s hospital sector an appealing opportunity with strong growth and regulatory maturity

Hogan Lovells named Owen Chan as Asia-Pacific regional managing partner and member of its International Management Committee

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

Clayton Utz has hired Mark Malinas as head of private equity to strengthen the firm’s transactional capabilities

Global Law Office has recently hired three lawyers to strengthen its life sciences and financing practice

Burgeon Law has merged with IC RegFin Legal with the latter growing to a combined strength of 150+ lawyers

Appleby hired cross-border lawyer Calamus Huang as partner in Hong Kong to strengthen its corporate practice in Greater China

R for Rabbit raises USD27m in Series B with counsel from AK Law Chambers, AZB, IndusLaw and SAM

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

JSA appoints Kanchan Sinha as retained partner in Gurugram corporate practice

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

Kinstellar hires Roman Hamala in Cambodia to boost cross-border deals and infrastructure

Charles Russell Speechlys has expanded its corporate practice by hiring ex-Squire Patton Boggs partners Francis Li and Wendy Fong in HK

Cooley hires David He in Singapore to expand its venture capital practice

David Wang, ex-head of Paul Hastings’ Beijing and Shanghai offices, and partner Meka Meng have joined Hogan Lovells to boost M&A

Former CAM partner Akshay Jeet Bhat has launched First Principles Law

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

AC Health acquired a 16% stake in ABC Impact, with legal advice from Milbank and Sidley Austin

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

Blackstone launched its largest Japan investment with a $3.5 billion buyout of TechnoPro Holdings

EQT is launching a USD2.7 billion tender offer to take Japanese elevator maker Fujitec private

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

RPC has hired Hilda Chan as partner in Hong Kong to expand its corporate and tech advisory practice across Greater China and Asia

Vinit Patwari joins CMS IndusLaw as partner in transactions practice

Setting up a sports league in India requires strong legal planning and IP protection.

ICRA, a Moody’s affiliate, acquired Fintellix India for INR2.25 billion, with Saraf and Partners and Samvad Partners advising on the transaction

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

DaHui Lawyers adds PE partner Jason Song to its Shanghai team

Baker McKenzie and Linklaters advised on a major data centre deal in Thailand involving GIP, CP Group, and True IDC

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

AI-driven tools are revolutionising fund operations, raising new compliance challenges for India’s alternative investment sector

Natasha Tuli has joined Chandhiok & Mahajan as counsel in the corporate practice, based in New Delhi

Shivangi Sharma Talwar has joined JSA’s Gurugram office as a retained partner in the corporate practice, bringing over 14 years of experience

Nishith Desai & Associates and JSA advised on GIC’s USD150 million investment in Asia Healthcare Holdings, approved by the CCI in April 2025

Baker McKenzie FenXun hires four Wilson Sonsini experts for its Greater China team

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

Nishant Singh has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co as a partner, bringing his core team of 12 lawyers

Lee & Ko and Kim & Chang advised Hahn & Company on its $1.8B acquisition of SK Specialty

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto strengthened its corporate M&A practice by adding partner Stan Yukevich from Morrison & Foerster

The BVI is Asia’s key partner, offering flexible and cost-effective solutions for global cross-border structuring

NDA and ELP advised Max Healthcare on its agreement with VR Konkan for a 500-bed hospital in Thane

Wilson Sonsini, based in Silicon Valley, confirms closing its Beijing office after deciding not to renew its lease

Cleary Gottlieb will close its Beijing branch in July and merge with Hong Kong

KWM strengthens its presence in Australia and Singapore with three new partners

PRC firms Zhong Lun and Jingtian & Gongcheng hire top talent from global firms

Explore key trends and challenges in private equity disputes in China and India

Morrison Foerster boosts private equity & M&A in SE Asia, HK, Japan with Scott Jalowayski joining as partner in Singapore

Shringarika Priyadarshini has joined JSA as a retained partner in its Gurugram corporate practice

Hylands boosts its Beijing office with new partners Liu Xinlei, Luo Bing, and Liu Fei

Japan's private equity market is thriving, with the Cayman Islands as a key fundraising hub

Rohan Ghosh Roy is joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as an equity partner in its Mumbai corporate practice

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kim & Chang and Yulchon have advised on an IMM consortium’s USD2.04 billion full acquisition of South Korean waste treatment firm Ecorbit

DaHui Lawyers has recruited Kenny Yu as a partner at its Shanghai office, bolstering the firm’s corporate/M&A practice group

Global Law Office has added partners Ryan Ren, Yan Shiye, Cai Ying, and Le Yuxin

Global law firm White & Case has appointed Alicia Albury as a partner in its real estate and M&A practice in Sydney

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow boosts M&A with Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian

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

AnJie Broad adds partners Zhang Zhewen and Zhou Minchao in Shenzhen and Xiamen, boosting private equity and IP expertise

Our international A-list lawyers predict the practice areas that are bursting to boom this year

Iqbal Khan and Ambarish, formerly partners in the corporate, M&A and private equity practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, have moved to JSA along with their team of around 20 lawyers

RPC has welcomed Kiat Wee Lau as a partner in its corporate practice to enhance the firm’s capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region

Global Law Office has welcomed Li Deyuan, Li Yuanyuan and Yang Haoyan to their Beijing and Chengdu offices to boost the firm’s businesses in private equity and investment funds, M&A, and banking and financing

Latham & Watkins has appointed Yohei Nakagawa as a partner in its Tokyo office, boosting the firm’s M&A and private equity practice

Wintell & Co expands with new offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, welcoming senior partners Ray Li and Wei Yi, along with senior adviser Eding Yi

Haiwen & Partners adds Zhao Sheng partner Benran Huang, strengthening Beijing office's TMT, manufacturing, consumer & healthcare practice

Clifford Chance and White & Case guide CVC in USD1.2bn acquisition of Japan's Sogo Medical - Nikkei Asia

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

Luo specializes in private equity fund establishment, asset management, and designing management team incentives for private fund interest transfers

Goodwin strengthens Asia debt finance practice with partner Stephen Howard, advising on capital structures and financing for private equity, corporates, asset managers, and banks

Sumit Sinha, who has joined Phoenix Legal as a partner, brings on board two colleagues, Ashima Dewan who becomes associate partner and Sukanya Bhattacharya will be a senior associate

Anisha Shroff will be heading the new Stratage Law Partners office in Bengaluru as a partner, with the firm hoping its presence in the city will effectively cater to clients in southern India

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

India is on the cusp of driving global growth and considered the last oasis of hope amid a worldwide slowdown, say panelists at the biannual IBA M&A conference in the financial capital Mumbai in April this year

Linklaters has hired corporate lawyer Yoshiyuki Asaoka from Nishimura & Asahi as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice in Tokyo

The investment will help the VPBank raise USD1.5 billion of tier 1 capital and increase its owner equity to approximately USD5.9 billion from USD4.4 billion

Zhong Lun Law Firm is expanding its private equity and investment funds business in Shenzhen with the hiring of partner Wei Wei, who joins from JunZeJun Law Offices

Private equity specialist Tabitha Saw has joined Morrison Foerster in Singapore as a partner in the transactions department and global private equity real estate group

Enduring challenges amid a perfect storm

Fangda Partners has made Zhang Huanyan a partner in its Guangzhou office