Mayer Brown announced today that leading international arbitration partner, Kay-Jannes Wegner, has joined its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Singapore, along with senior associate, Edern Coënt. Both join from Kim & Chang in South Korea, where Mr. Wegner was a senior member of that firm’s international & cross-border litigation practice and head of its European arbitration desk. Prior to joining Kim & Chang, as an English and German qualified lawyer, Mr. Wegner practiced international arbitration at leading international law firms in London and Singapore. Mr. Coënt is a New York and French qualified lawyer who has worked in Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul, including at the Secretariat of the ICC Court of Arbitration.
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King & Spalding Recruits International Arbitration Partner Nils Eliasson in Singapore
King & Spalding has hired leading Asia-based International Arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice Group. He will be based in the Singapore office. Eliasson was most recently a partner at Shearman & Sterling in Hong Kong, where he led the firm’s Asia International Arbitration practice.
Mayer Brown Expands Global Energy Capabilities With Addition of Leading Corporate Partner in Singapore
Mayer Brown announced today that leading energy lawyer Justin Tan, has joined its Corporate & Securities practice in Singapore. Mr. Tan joins from Clyde & Co in Singapore having previously worked for another international law firm in Shanghai and Tokyo.
Clyde & Co Continues to Expand Regulatory & Investigations Offering with Singapore Partner Hire
Global law firm Clyde & Co continues to expand its Regulatory & Investigations offering with the Partner hire of Weiyi Tan in Singapore. Weiyi joins Clyde & Co’s Singapore office from Harry Elias LLP, formerly Eversheds Harry Elias LLP, and has previously been a Partner at Baker McKenzie.
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Linklaters Announces Hire of Joel Seow to Establish Investment Funds Practice in Singapore
Linklaters has announced that Joel Seow joined as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office, to establish an investment funds practice. Joel has extensive experience advising sponsors in Asia on the establishment of private investment funds across various asset classes and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds, hedge funds and special situations funds. Seow joins Linklaters from Morgan Lewis, where he was a partner.
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Cooley Expands Capital Markets Practice in Asia
Tim Pitrelli has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s capital markets practice in Singapore. Arriving from Goldman Sachs, where he served as a Singapore-based executive director and senior counsel in the investment banking division, Pitrelli brings significant experience in IPOs, follow‐on offerings, and other regional and international cross-border transactions, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of the Singapore and Southeast Asia markets. A veteran of the Singapore legal industry, Pitrelli moved from the United States in early 2008 and has been based in Singapore for almost 14 years.
Tags: Cooley LLP | SingaporeMayer Brown Bolsters Banking & Finance Practice in Singapore With Addition of Soumitro Mukerji
Mayer Brown announced today that Soumitro Mukerji has joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in Singapore. He joins from Hogan Lovells in Singapore, and previously practiced in London at Linklaters.
Sayak Maity Joins White & Case as a Partner in Singapore
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Sayak Maity as a partner in Singapore. Maity joins White & Case from AZB & Partners, where he was a partner.
King & Spalding Recruits Parveet Singh Gandoak as M&A Partner in Singapore
King & Spalding has hired Parveet Singh Gandoak as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. He will be based in the firm’s Singapore office. Gandoak, who was most recently at Skadden, was ranked as one of Asia’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (2021), in recognition of his work on several transformative transactions and reorganizations.
Stephenson Harwood builds on private wealth practice in Singapore with arrival of Suzanne Johnston as partner
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its international private wealth capabilities with the arrival of partner Suzanne Johnston in the firm’s Singapore office.
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