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AHP, Freshfields, CMS, Skrine drive Petronas-Eni oil-gas JV

Petronas and Eni have formed a 50:50 joint venture to combine oil and gas assets in Malaysia and Indonesia with legal support from Freshfields, CMS, Skrine, and AHP

Anderson Mori launches Malaysia desk to tap investment surge

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 boosts cross-border capabilities in Asia

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

Orrick strengthens Tokyo energy team with new partner hire

Orrick expands its Tokyo energy team with the hire of former RWE Renewables counsel Akira Takahashi

Han Kun Singapore brings in dispute resolution partner

Han Kun hired Jerald Foo as partner in Singapore to strengthen its cross-border dispute resolution work in Southeast Asia

Milbank boosts corporate, M&A practice in Asia with new hire

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

Cooley shores up emerging companies, VC practice in Singapore

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

Philippines’ Florete boosts disputes with Cambodian partner

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

Fresh talent advances Dentons Lee’s construction, disputes

Dentons Lee has hired Kyoung-ho Kim in Seoul to enhance its expertise in international construction, infrastructure, energy, and disputes

Bird & Bird forms Singapore restructuring, insolvency group

Bird & Bird launches Singapore restructuring group led by Ashok Kumar and Darius Tay to boost regional legal services

Freshfields lifts tech, life sciences with Singapore partner

Freshfields boosts its Singapore team with Harry Evans, enhancing its focus on tech and life sciences for regional growth

Malaysia’s RDS Partnership adds partners amid market

RDS Partnership boosts its corporate practice with new partners Sharifah Hamzah and Hurriyyah Kamaruzzaman

Baker McKenzie, Linklaters steer Thai data centre deal

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

Sunny Liew boosts cross-border bench at new Malaysian firm

Ong Eu Jin Partnership appoints quad-qualified Sunny Liew to lead China-focused cross-border deals

Baker empowers capital markets with Singapore specialist

Baker McKenzie hires capital markets expert Alexander Stathopoulos

Dentons plans Thai combination in latest SEA expansion

Dentons is expanding in Southeast Asia by combining with Thai firm Pisut & Partners

Rajah & Tann’s new MP eyes further regional expansion

Kim Beng Ng named Rajah & Tann’s new managing partner, focusing on expansion and AI

Five firms lead on SEA’s largest data campus financing

Yondr Group secures USD900 million for Southeast Asia’s largest data centre campus

Miura & Partners enters Malaysia in expansion streak

Miura & Partners expands into Malaysia via alliance with Donovan & Ho

A&O, Abdullah Chan act on USD1.2bn Malaysia data centres deal

Sime Darby Property secured a USD1.2 billion data centre deal with Pearl Computing

Quartet drives largest Cambodian microfinance sale

Bank SinoPac has acquired Amret Microfinance for USD 550 million, marking Cambodia's largest deal

Mofo Singapore deepens M&A bench with ex-partner’s return

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

HHP rehires M&A partner to meet rising demand in Jakarta 

HHP rehires M&A partner Bima Sarumpaet to meet rising investment demand in Jakarta

Rajah & Tann hires new head for China amid investment surge

Rajah & Tann Asia appoints Michelle Li as head of arbitration, construction, and projects for China

Miura & Partners grows Asean work with Thai office

Miura & Partners has expanded its presence in Asia with the upcoming launch of a Bangkok office

Hogan Lovells boosts arbitration expertise with ex-MP

Hogan Lovells has hired Rob Palmer as a partner in Singapore to strengthen its international arbitration practice in Asia

K&L Gates expands energy practice in Singapore 

K&L Gates expands its energy practice in Singapore with Brad Roach and Alexandra Jones

Rajah & Tann steers Vietjet’s USD8bn deal in aviation rebound

Vietjet has secured an $8 billion deal for 400 LEAP-1B engines, signaling aviation's recovery in Southeast Asia

YKVN sole counsel in Vietcombank’s mandatory CB takeover

YKVN advised Vietcombank on its historic mandatory acquisition of Construction Bank

Wintell expands to Singapore in lift for Southeast Asia ties

Wintell & Co is opening its first overseas branch in Singapore to expand its legal practices

Tilleke & Gibbins adds tax, capital market talent in Bangkok

Tilleke & Gibbins hires Pootranon and Krailadsiri for Bangkok capital markets and tax

WongPartnership seals tie-up with Harvey in Asean first

Singapore-based WongPartnership has become the first law firm in Southeast Asia to partner with global generative AI

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow boosts global M&A with key hires

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

Atsumi & Sakai opens first Southeast Asian office in Vietnam

Atsumi & Sakai has continued its global expansion with a Vietnam office launch in Ho Chi Minh City

Norton Rose boosts Singapore banking, finance with new hire

Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed partner Beelee Seah to strengthen the global law firm’s banking and finance team in Singapore

Allen & Gledhill’s arbitration partner launches boutique firm

Having been a partner for more than a decade, Chua Kee Loon, also co-deputy head of international arbitration at Allen & Gledhill, has left to establish a new disputes-focused firm, Chua & Partners

Thailand draft paves way for foreign land ownership

By Wang Jihong and Liang Danni, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Shukla, Chak made partners in HSF India practice

Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted Siddartha Shukla and Dhananjaya Chak to the partnership of its India practice

OCBC’s arm sells in-house feeder fund platform

Dechert advised Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Bank, on the sale of its in-house private market feeder fund platform to global fintech Institutional Capital Network (iCapital)

Shearman hires energy counsel

Shearman & Sterling has hired Ong Kok Jin as a counsel in its global M&A practice in Singapore

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By Manisha Singh and Nisha Sharma, LexOrbis

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