26 JUL 2018 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Big Four accounting firm EY has added Singapore law firm Atlas Asia Law Corporation, set up by former Dentons Rodyk & Davidson senior partner Evelyn Ang, as a member firm of its global network.
The news comes barely weeks after accounting rival PwC hired former WongPartnership managing partner Rachel Eng to its legal arm in Singapore. Eng, who had spent more than two decades with the Singapore Big Four law firm, departs as deputy chairman.
The addition of Atlas Asia to the EY stable is just the latest in a list of inroads that the accounting firm has attempted to make into Singapore’s legal sector. In 2014, EY added law firm PK Wong and Associates to its global network, an arrangement that exists to this day. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Japanese Big Four law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to continue its expansion across Southeast Asia after announcing an office in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. Full Article |
| Submissions for the ALB Korea Law Awards 2018 are now open! Now in its 6th year, the annual event will celebrate outstanding contributions of private practice law firms and in-house counsel to Korea’s legal landscape. Full Article |
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| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Lee & Li have advised a consortium led by KKR & Co on its $1.56 billion acquisition of Taipei-listed LCY Chemical Corp, which was represented by Baker McKenzie. Full Article |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has appointed Mukul Sharma as a corporate partner in New Delhi from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, less than a month after Nivedita Tiwari headed in the other direction. Full Article |
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| J. Sagar Associates and Jones Day have advised Indian agro-business company UPL on its agreement to purchase Arysta LifeScience from U.S. chemicals company Platform Specialty Products for $4.2 billion. Greenberg Traurig represented Platform. Full Article |
| Singapore law firm Oon & Bazul has boosted its disputes practice by hiring litigator Sean La’Brooy as a partner from city rival Colin Ng & Partners. Full Article |
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| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Grandall Law Firm have advised Chinese real estate services firm E-House on its $586 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fangda Partners representing the joint sponsors. Full Article |
| Anjie bulks up with triple partner hire, Oon & Bazul nabs disputes partner from Colin Ng, and other updates in this week’s Asia Appointments table Full Article |
| SSEK Legal Consultants has advised Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina on the sale of its controlling stake in one subsidiary, Pertagas, to another, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), for $1.2 billion. PGN was counselled by Umbra. Full Article |
| India firms unite for UPL‘s $4.2 bln cash deal, Simpson, Lee & Li and Bakers hit the road on KKR’s $1.6 bln takeover of LCY Chemical, and other updates in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
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