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JunHe welcomes Shani Chan as a partner in Hong Kong. He was previously a senior capital markets lawyer at Paul Hastings' Hong Kong office. Sophie Fu joins the Beijing office from Baker McKenzie's Beijing office and its joint operation platform FenXun Partners.
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Couderc Dinh & Associés welcomes Renée Kaddouch-Kulbach as partner to develop its corporate law and M&A practice. She has over twenty years' experience at international firms and in entrepreneurial roles between France and Southeast Asia. She becomes the firm's seventh partner, according to Emmanuel Dinh.
Eversheds hired a capital markets partner from Paul Hastings to lead its practice in Hong Kong. The partner is named Cheng. Cheng's departure follows a series of senior corporate partner exits from Paul Hastings across Greater China.
Hammurabi & Solomon Partners announced Naresh Arora as Senior Partner and Director - International Desk. He will lead the desk's work across India, the Middle East and GCC jurisdictions. He previously held in-house legal leadership roles at Altius Telecom Infrastructure, ATC Telecom Infrastructure and Viom Networks.
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Ashurst Perkins Coie added Lisa Dobbin and Josh Black as Sydney Risk Advisory partners from Deloitte. Carter Newell appointed Matthew Gerathy and Rory Smith as Sydney partners. HopgoodGanim named Kristen Kipps a Brisbane construction partner.
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Hitendra Hiremath joins King Stubb & Kasiva as a Partner in its Real Estate practice in Bengaluru. He has over 11 years of experience in real estate transactions, RERA and regulatory matters, and real estate litigation. Managing Partner Jidesh Kumar commented on the hire.
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Law.com International reports another partner has left Squire Patton Boggs in Australia. The text states that four partners have joined other firms in Australia in the past two weeks. No names or destination firms are given.
Daniel Anderson, former Ropes & Gray Hong Kong managing partner, joins Kroll to expand its fund solutions business. He is the ninth partner to leave Freshfields' Asia practice in less than 12 months.
Kennedy, an IP lawyer, is moving from Mayer Brown to CMS. This is Mayer Brown's fourth Hong Kong partner departure in 10 months. Kennedy's departure leaves Mayer Brown with eight partners remaining in Hong Kong.
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Joo Hee Lee, a Linklaters managing partner, is moving to Milbank's Seoul office. This follows the departure of Milbank's former Seoul managing partner David Cho to Dechert, which left Milbank's Korea office with just two lawyers. Lee's exit leaves Linklaters with one partner in Seoul.
HSA Advocates announced Sourasubha Ghosh has joined as Partner, effective November 1, 2026, with a team of five lawyers based in Mumbai. Ghosh has over 20 years of experience in commercial and civil dispute resolution. The team includes Anirban Sen (Associate Partner) and Jash Shah (Senior Associate), plus three Associates.
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Latham & Watkins LLP announced 70 associates have been promoted to counsel, effective January 1, 2027. The group is described as global, with listed promotees in Asia and Europe, including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, Frankfurt and London. Rich Trobman, Chair and Managing Partner, and Michelle Carpenter, Chair of the Associates Committee, are quoted.
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Bharucha & Partners has elevated Karnika Vallabh to the position of Partner.
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Weil Gotshal, described as nearly century-old, is preparing to wind down, sending nearly 600 associates into the job market. Executive Partner Barry Wolf announced the news. Associates and staff are told they will receive salary and benefits for 90 days, with bonuses for those who stay until near year-end.
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Linklaters announced Amit Singh and Christine Xu as Chair of Asian Capital Markets. They will lead the next phase of growth, building on foundations in China, India and Southeast Asia. Singh has been Head of South and South East Asia Capital Markets.
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Clifford Chance announced the re-election of Adrian Cartwright as Senior Partner for a second, four-year term. Charles Adams is named as Global Managing Partner and commented on the re-election.
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In an interview marking JSA's 35th year, joint managing partners Amar Gupta and Vivek Chandy say the firm will open a GIFT City office in the next couple of months and has no plans for an office outside India. They describe 68 partners, equity-weighted elections, and over 800 lawyers across 10 offices. Both expect to retire in five or six
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Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan gave closing remarks at the LawTech Forum, themed "Human in the Loop, Integrity at the Core". He said the Department of Justice launched a funding scheme for lawtech subscriptions by the Hong Kong legal sector. He said SME firms are 88 per cent of Hong Kong law firms.
Per the title, MoFo and Freshfields advised on the $5.4B SoftBank-ABB Robotics deal. ABB confirmed Chinese authorities rejected the acquisition of its Chinese robotics business, months after antitrust clearance. ABB has not said whether it will restructure or abandon the deal.
AllBright advises on delayed $4.9 billion Shanghai IPO for YMTC parent
SFC Environmental Technologies Limited has raised ₹758.531 crore from an initial public offering of equity shares and a pre-IPO fundraise. Khaitan & Co and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised.
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Jyothi Yarraji, India's national record holder in the women's 100m hurdles and an Asian Games medalist, has entered into a brand promotion contract with Cosmix. Fox & Mandal advised.
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Evonile Pharma Limited has acquired the 'Minipress' and 'Minipres' brands in India from Pfizer for an aggregate consideration of approximately ₹1,250 crore. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised.
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Sumitomo Corporation acquired a 49% equity shareholding in Clean Solar Power (Baniyana) Private Limited, a subsidiary of HSEPL within Hero Future Energies. Khaitan & Co advised on negotiating and drafting documents, legal due diligence and execution. The project is in Bidar District, Karnataka, with approximately 500 MWp of solar and wind capacity and 200 MWh of battery storage.
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OnEMI Technology Solutions raised approximately ₹832 crore through a preferential issue of equity shares on a private placement basis to about 34 investors or investor entities. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised.
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AdOnMo is set to merge with Mygate in a proposed all-stock merger, with the combined entity valued at approximately ₹3,500 crore. Saraf and Partners advised Eternal. Anoma Legal advised Mygate and its founders.
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Davinder Singh Chambers will coordinate a government-backed inquiry into major agribusiness companies over possible links to Indonesian fires that have caused haze pollution in Singapore. Dentons Rodyk, WongPartnership, TSMP and Toby Landau KC are named to the probe.
Wadhwa Law Chambers is looking to hire associates in Delhi. Candidates with 2-5 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) are encouraged to apply.
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Freshfields and Haiwen advised a Chinese AI supplier on a $1.3B Hong Kong IPO. A&O Shearman and King & Wood also advised on the offering, which is described as one of Hong Kong's largest this year.
JSA Advocates & Solicitors unveiled a new brand identity marking 35 years since its 1991 founding. The new identity features a bold, capitalised JSA name and an infinity symbol. The firm says it has over 180 partners and 800 lawyers in 10 offices across 7 cities.
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The Indian law firm JSA is marking its 35th anniversary with a new identity. It has almost doubled in size, and its revenue exceeds $100 million. It is expanding its specialist practices, investing in AI and planning further domestic growth.
Khaitan & Co acts on NATCO Pharma Limited's rights issue of 17,058,082 fully paid-up equity shares, aggregating ₹1,279.4 crore.
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