Mayer Brown JSM Expands Banking & Finance Practice in Asia With Partner Hires in Singapore

Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Kayal Sachi and Ian Roebuck have joined the firm as Banking & Finance partners in Singapore. The new hires, who are joining from Allen & Overy, will focus on acquisition and leveraged finance, event-driven finance, corporate lending and restructuring transactions in South East Asia and India on behalf of regional and global financial institutions, corporates, private equity funds and debt funds. More >>

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Akin Gump Expands Asia Energy Practice with Senior Energy Partner Hire in Singapore

Akin Gump today announced that Michael Joyce has joined the firm as a partner in its global energy and transactions practice in Singapore. Mr. Joyce comes to Akin Gump from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was head of the Oil & Gas Group for Australia. He has relocated from Sydney, Australia, back to Singapore where he was based earlier in his career. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Adds Asset Management, Corporate & M&A Partner Edward Bennett in Singapore

Morgan Lewis today welcomes Edward Bennett as an asset management, corporate, and mergers and acquisition partner, further boosting the firm’s capabilities in advising clients on fund formation, asset management, and transactional matters both within Asia and throughout the world. Mr. Bennett, whose prior work with a global law firm has focused on cross-border strategic and investment transactions in Southeast Asia, will be based in Singapore. More >>

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