| As part of its expansion into Southeast Asia, Dentons has taken over Yangon-based boutique corporate firm Livingstons Legal, creating Dentons Myanmar. | In the August 2017 issue, ALB will celebrate the best boutique law firms across Asia through its inaugural Best Boutiques list. |
| Morrison and Forester and Nishith Desai Associates have acted as SoftBank’s U.S. and Indian counsel, respectively, on its $1.4 billion investment in Paytm, which turned to Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas for advice. | Submissions are now open for The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards. Now on its 16th year, these prestigious awards recognise and celebrate Hong Kong’s top deals, dealmakers and lawyers. |
| In this week’s ALB Insights, we looked at how law firms are embracing the working-from-home concept, found out about the expansion plans of Taiwan's Lee and Li, and spoke to Saguna Vaid, Nokia India's legal and compliance director. |
| Drew & Napier has appointed corporate and finance director Steven Lo as the firm’s head of mergers and acquisitions in Singapore. |
| Clifford Chance has advised Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group (ZMJ) and China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI) on their $595 million acquisition of SG Holding, Robert Bosch's starters and generators business. |
| Law firms and legal departments are vulnerable to cyberattacks because of the sensitive information kept on file, from confidential personally identifying information and financial details, to high-stakes business information such as trade secrets, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation cases. |
| Prolegis, Herbert Smith Freehills’ associate law firm in Singapore, has hired corporate partner Eugene Lee from Latham & Watkins’ Hong Kong office. |
| Clifford Chance on Tiancheng’s takeover offer for Germany’s Biotest, Allen & Gledhill on Unilever’s joint venture to produce home and personal care products in Myanmar, and many more in this week’s Asia deals table. |
| Taiwan's legal sector tends to be overshadowed by both the People’s Republic and Hong Kong, but the rise of data privacy work is changing the status quo. |
| In this week’s Asia Appointments table, Linklaters chooses new Asia MP and Drew appoints M&A practice head in Singapore. |
