Australian law firm Wotton Kearney, which specialises in insurance and risk, is set to expand its presence with a new office in Thailand – its second in Southeast Asia, and eleventh overall. Wotton ...

UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed construction and commercial disputes lawyer Danna Er as partner in its Singapore office from construction-focused Singapore law firm Eldan Law. Er, who had ...

Asian Legal Business is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for ALB China Regional Law Awards 2025: East China, with t ...

Labour and employment-focused U.S. law firm Fisher Phillips has opened an office in Tokyo, marking its second international location following its Mexico office launch in 2023. The new location aims ...

Jirapat Thammavaranucupt, a former partner at Weerawong, Chinnavat and Partners and co-founder of TTT+Partners, has established a new Bangkok-based law firm called Jirapat and Partners. In an ...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Ashurst have advised India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on its 100 percent acquisition of Australia’s Abbot Point Port Holdings (APPH) from Carmichael ...

U.S. law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has grown its corporate offering in Hong Kong with the hire of Yang Chu as a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Chu’s practice covers a broad range of ...

From L-R: Carolyn Dong, Andrew Rigden Green, Neil Macdonald International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced a significant expansion of its Hong Kong practice with the hire of four ...

U.S. law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has expanded its Singapore office with the hire of energy and infrastructure specialist Adam Moncrieff as a partner from A&O Shearman. Moncrieff will ...

UK-headquartered law firm HFW has strengthened its APAC disputes offering with the hires of partner Shaun Leong and senior associate Theodore Ang from Withers in Singapore. Leong, who specialises in ...

The Indonesian legal community is in mourning following the death of Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf, co-founder and managing partner of the country’s largest law firm, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (AHP), who ...

Newly independent Hong Kong law firm Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) has seen two partner exits, with disputes specialist Wilson Fung (L) departing for Kennedys and employment expert Jennifer Tam ...