SG: Penningtons welcomes back energy lawyer
UK law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has welcomed back energy lawyer John Zadkovich as a partner in Singapore. Zadkovich had been running an independent energy consultancy in Hong Kong for the past three years.

Skadden advises on Japan’s biggest IPO this year
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has advised underwriters Nomura International and SMBC Nikko Securities on the $460 million IPO of chipmaker Socionext on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime market. This is the largest IPO in Japan so far this year.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB Rising Stars Singapore 2022
We are now accepting submissions for ALB’s Rising Stars Singapore list, which spotlights the next generation of the country’s lawyers. The list will be published in the December 2022 issue of ALB Asia.
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Deadline: October 28, 2022

ZICO network gets new Singapore member firm
The ZICO Law network has announced Icon Law as its new member firm in Singapore, replacing Insights Law.

Paul Weiss replenishes HK office with Goodwin hire
U.S. law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has doubled its partner count in Hong Kong after hiring corporate lawyer Bosco Yiu from Goodwin Procter.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB Asia Top Innovative Law Firms 2023
Innovation has inevitably become a tangible and urgent need for the legal sector around the world, when facing the evolving business ecosystem driven by digital transformation and unpredictability caused by the pandemic. Particularly in Asia, law firms exhibit great passion over the years for embracing the wave and incorporating new technologies and techniques to secure new clients and enhance service delivery.
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Deadline: November 21, 2022

HSF Indonesia association firm makes disputes hire from Ashurst affiliate
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Indonesia association firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung has hired disputes lawyer Prawidha Murti as partner in Jakarta from Oentoeng Suria & Partners, which operates in association with Ashurst.

Singapore: Helmsman gets new disputes head from SICC
Singapore and Hong Kong law firm Helmsman has hired Una Khng as director and head of its commercial disputes practice group. Khng was most recently deputy divisional registrar of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), and assistant registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB North Asia's Top 15 Litigators 2023
We are now accepting submissions for ALB North Asia's Top 15 Litigators 2023.
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Deadline: November 21, 2022
Japan’s City-Yuwa acquires boutique Soga
Tokyo law firm City-Yuwa Partners has taken over nine-lawyer boutique Soga Law Office. The merger will be effective on Jan. 1, 2023.

Morgan Lewis adds third SG partner in a week
U.S. law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has continued building up its Singapore office after hiring aviation expert James Bradley as partner in Singapore. Bradley is part of a group of three partners across various K&L Gates offices that are moving to Morgan Lewis.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB Asia's Top 15 Private Wealth Lawyers 2023
ALB is pleased to launch ALB Asia's Top 15 Private Wealth Lawyers, which will be announced in ALB Asia magazine's December 2022 edition.
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Deadline: October 31, 2022

HK: Seyfarth picks up corporate partner from Italy’s Gianni & Origoni
U.S. law firm Seyfarth Shaw has added corporate expert Stefano Beghi as a partner in Hong Kong from Italy’s Gianni & Origoni, where spent about 19 years.

Singapore’s PDLegal makes second disputes partner hire this year
Singapore boutique PDLegal has hired insurance disputes expert Wei Hong Ling as a partner, the firm’s second partner hire in 2022. Ling was most recently a vice-president at insurance company Marsh.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: ALB Asia Rising Stars Hong Kong 2023
We are now accepting submissions for ALB’s Rising Stars Hong Kong list, which spotlights the next generation of the region’s lawyers. The list will be published in the January 2023 issue of ALB Asia.
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Deadline: October 31, 2022

Japan’s Nagashima expands SG office with disputes hire from TSMP
Japanese Big Four Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has hired disputes lawyer Justin Ee as a partner in Singapore from TSMP Law Corporation, where he was a director.

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