16 MAY 2019 Top 10 Headlines | ALB The finalists for the 15th ALB Japan Law Awards 2019 have been revealed ahead of the event to be held at the Grand Hyatt, Tokyo on June 13, 2019. Awards given out in different categories will showcase the numerous achievements of the legal industry across Japan over the past year.
Nearly 500 submissions were received this year. The BMW Award Woman Lawyer of the Year was the most popular category in terms of submissions received, followed by Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year, International Deal Firm of the Year, Japan Law Firm of the Year and Managing Partner of the Year.
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| K&L Gates has continued the expansion of its corporate practice in Tokyo after welcoming back Tsuguhito Omagari as a corporate/M&A partner from local firm Sonderhoff & Einsel. Full Article |
| Malaysia has been seeing the rise of some quality smaller law firms that are punching well above their weight in terms of work handled and services delivered. Full Article |
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| Withers KhattarWong, the Singapore formal law alliance of Withers, has hired M&A and debt restructuring partner specialist Erlene Tan as a partner from RPC Premier Law, where she was a director. Full Article |
| Khaitan & Co, the second largest law firm in India by headcount, saw a revenue increase of about 20-25 percent in the 2018-19 financial year, according to a report in local website Legally India (LI) Full Article |
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| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has hired banking and finance specialist Dominic Gregory as a partner in Singapore. Gregory earlier headed Ashurst's Tokyo office. Full Article |
| Clifford Chance advised Kai Tak Sports Park, a consortium comprising of New World Development and its subsidiary NWS Holdings, on its award of a 25-year contract to design, build and operate the Kai Tak Sports Park for a sum of HK$29.99 billion ($3.8 billion). Full Article |
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| India’s Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has strengthened its insolvency and bankruptcy practice after hiring Richa Roy as a partner in Mumbai. Full Article |
| Orrick paves the way for JD health’s $1 bln financing, WongPartnership helps on Samsung Venture’s $7 mln deal, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| Addleshaw Goddard has appointed disputes lawyer Ronald Sum to lead its Asian litigation practice in Hong Kong from Locke Lord, where he was the East Asia head of arbitration and ADR. Full Article |
| K&L Gates brings in new corporate partner from Sonderhoff & Einsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner recruits banking & finance expert from Ashurst, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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