27 MAY 2021 Top 10 Headlines | ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS ALB is pleased to launch our Asia's Top 15 In-House Teams, which is designed exclusively to recognise excellence in the In-House Counsel community. This list recognises and honours the achievements of top 15 in-house teams across Asia that truly exemplifies the future of legal department. A team/department that shows a willingness to embrace change through technology, behaviour, business model or service innovation thus, meet the needs of the organisation.
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| U.S. law firm White & Case has hired capital markets expert Rahul Guptan as a partner in Singapore from Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance, where Guptan spent nearly 13 years, and was most recently co-head of the Global India Group. Full Article |
| We are now accepting submissions for the ALB Asia Top 10 Offshore Litigators 2021.
Please fill in the form and direct submissions to Aparna Sai at aparna.sai@thomsonreuters.com no later than June 4, 2021. Full Article |
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| U.S. law firm K&L Gates has hired Eugene Yeung, who focuses on aviation finance and restructuring and insolvency, as a partner in Hong Kong from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he was a counsel. Full Article |
| ALB: What kind of work has kept you busy in the past year?
Nicholas Plowman: We’ve been really busy with new Cayman regulation relating to changes that impact the operation of Cayman private funds and mutual funds. A lot of these changes have been for the better of the Cayman funds product, which is in excellent shape to continue to provide managers and investors with a very strong platform for their new funds. We have also seen a flood of Cayman SPAC work in Hong Kong; these offerings are incredibly hot now in the Asian market. It will be interesting to see this market evolve over the next 12-18 months, particularly if we see some SPACs unable to invest the capital they have raised. Full Article |
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| Indian law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a corporate team from Tatva Legal in the southern city of Bengaluru, including equity partner Manav Nagaraj and partner KS Bhargava. Full Article |
| A Singapore court has approved a freeze on up to $3.5 billion of assets of the family behind collapsed Hin Leong Trading, boosting the prospect of debt recovery from the former oil trading empire that counts some of the world's biggest banks among its creditors. Full Article |
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| In this listing, ALB will pick the most highly recommended private-practice lawyers based permanently in India
The survey will close on Friday, June 18. Please email Aparna at aparna.sai@thomsonreuters.com should you have any queries. Full Article |
| Thai Airways International's creditors have voted to approve the airline's restructuring plan, the flag carrier said on Wednesday, as it seeks to recover from financial problems suffered long before the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article |
| S&R Associates Embassy’s deal with Blackstone, Latham on Vietnam’s largest conglomerate in $500 mln offering, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| Clifford Chance nabs regulatory partner from Freshfields, DLA hires cap markets expert from Kirkland and much more in this week Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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