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Dec 11, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Mari Iwata |Aparna Sai
Leading international commercial disputes specialist Sapna Jhangiani KC has joined Blackstone Chambers, the London-based barristers' set has announced. Jhangiani, who will continue to be based in Singapore, was the first female lawyer in the city-state to be appointed as a silk in England. She brings substantial advocacy experience in both litigation and arbitration to her new role.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Nimitt Dixit |Aparna Sai
Vietnam, one of the fastest-growing countries in Southeast Asia in recent years, has been eager to bring its economy to the forefront of the latest technological evolution. Apart from a concerted effort to attract semiconductor companies with incentives, Vietnam has also rolled out plans to overhaul its telecommunication regulations to keep up with the rapid digitalisation of the economy.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Aparna Sai
Perkins Coie has commenced the process of closing its Beijing office and will shift its strategic focus in China to Shenzhen, the firm confirmed to ALB. This move follows the firm’s decision to close its Shanghai office in March this year, marking another adjustment in its operations within mainland China. Perkins Coie has now become the ninth foreign law firm this year to relook its operations in China, following Reed Smith’s recent announcement to close its Beijing office last week.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Mari Iwata |Aparna Sai
Sahil Kanuga, who heads the international dispute resolution practice at Nishith Desai Associates, is joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in its white-collar crime and dispute resolution practice in Mumbai.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Aparna Sai
San Francisco-headquartered law firm Rimon has opened an office in Tokyo, marking its entry into the Japanese market and expanding its presence in Asia to four cities. The move comes after Rimon established a Japan regional practice last year, hiring several partners specializing in cross-border issues for Japanese companies. "The opening of an office in Tokyo is a very exciting milestone for our firm," said Eric Kirsch, a Rimon partner based in Tokyo.
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May 24, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Aparna Sai
AZB & Partners has bolstered its competition offering with the addition of Kirthi Srinivas as partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Srinivas has over a decade of experience advising on merger control, compliance, risk assessment, and enforcement matters. Having worked at Khaitan & Co earlier in his career, he joined CAM in 2018, and become partner in 2022. AZB now has six partners in its antitrust practice, according to its website.
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May 21, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Aparna Sai
The United States has extended its sprawling trade and technology control regime to cover the biotechnology sector as it is determined to “de-risk” from China. In a bid to slow China’s advance to sophisticated biotechnology while bolstering domestic drug manufacturing capacity, the U.S. Congress is considering a proposed legislation known as the BIOSECURE Act with clear bipartisan backing.
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May 7, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Aparna Sai |Eileen Ang
PRC law firm Han Kun Law Offices has added debt capital markets expert Allen (Yilun) Zhang as a partner in Hong Kong from A&O Shearman, where he was a senior associate. Over his decade-long career, Zhang has advised issuer and underwriter clients on more than 200 different types of debt securities transactions.
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May 7, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Mari Iwata |Aparna Sai
Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok was hit by a cyberattack in April and the matter is currently under investigation by local authorities. The incident was discovered on Apr. 9, the firm confirmed. “SLB immediately engaged a cyber security team and our systems were contained as of 0200 hours on Apr. 10, 2024,” it said in a statement. “There is thus far no evidence that the firm's core document management systems which contain client data were affected.” the statement added.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Mari Iwata |Aparna Sai
Private client firm specialist Charles Russell Speechlys has hired international arbitration and investigations expert Peter Brabant as a partner in its recently opened Singapore office from King & Spalding, where he was a counsel. His hire means that CRS’ Singapore office, which was launched in July last year, now has three partners. The others are Simon Green, the firm’s head of Asia, and Jeffrey Lee, both of whom relocated from Hong Kong.
