Squire Patton Boggs has continued the expansion of its Commodities and Shipping Industry Group with the addition of Ruaridh Guy as a partner in its Hong Kong Litigation Practice. Guy arrives with associates Lauras Rambinas and Tina Wong from the Hong Kong office of Ince & Co. Qualified in both England and Wales and Hong Kong, Guy advises shipping and trading clients on a broad range of dispute resolution matters. His experience includes court proceedings and arbitrations seated in Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Seoul under various rules and institutions, including The London Maritime Arbitrators Association, Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Guy also has substantial experience in contentious insolvency matters, acting for creditors and liquidators. His team’s expertise includes dry shipping work, such as bills of lading, charterparties, contracts of affreightment, and ship sale and purchase contracts. They also act on wet shipping matters, including collisions, fires and groundings. On the trade side, the team regularly acts in disputes under contracts for the sale and purchase of commodities, in particular oil and oil products, coal and various metals, and on related issues such as letters of credit and...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has added Shruti Singh as a partner in the General Corporate Practice. She will be based in New Delhi, and will be advising clients on various aspects of M&A transactions and structured & corporate finance. Singh has 13 years of experience in advising foreign and Indian corporates, entrepreneurs, private equity funds and other organisations on a range of legal and regulatory issues. She has worked on notable deals, such as Temasek and Advent’s joint structured finance and M&A acquisition of Crompton, Dalmia Cement’s IBC acquisition of Murli Industries, Goldman Sachs and Varde’s debt restructuring of Rattan India. Prior to joining the firm, Singh was a consultant with Khaitan & Co in its restructuring and insolvency practice. She has also participated in the International Visiting Attorney Program at the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she has worked in Skadden’s M&A practice. Singh holds a master’s in law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in the United States and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from NALSAR...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has added Manish Gupta, Pratyush Khurana and Ashish Ahluwalia as Partners in the General Corporate Practice, based out of the firm’s Gurugram office. Joining as an equity partner, Gupta has more than 19 years of experience in cross-border and domestic M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions spreading across various sectors. He has successfully represented clients in various financial and strategic investments, joint ventures, acquisitions, divestments & exits, business transfers, corporate and business restructuring. Gupta has previously worked as a partner with IndusLaw and Dentons Link Legal, as a Managing Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, and as an Associate with Titus & Co. He holds a BALLB (Hons) degree from National Law Institute University, Bhopal. On the other hand, Khurana has over 14 years of experience in transaction practice involving M&A, joint ventures, business transfer, PE/VC transactions and General Corporate advisory. He has previously worked as a Partner with IndusLaw, and as an Associate Partner with Dentons Link Legal. His clientele included Info-edge, Waterbridge Ventures, 360 One and Classplus. He holds a BBALLB degree from Symbiosis International University, Pune, and is also a qualified Company Secretary. Finally, Ahluwalia has over nine years of experience in general corporate and transactional work, like M&A, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital. He regularly advises clients on a range of matters across in relation to M&A and private equity/venture capital transactions. This is Ashish’s second stint at SAM & Co. Previously, he worked as a Partner at IndusLaw. His clients include Big Capital and Rukam Capital, apart from clients in the PE/VC space. He holds a bachelor’s degree...

Norton Rose Fulbright has bolstered its disputes offering with the appointment of top-ranked partner Nick Sharratt as its new regional Head of Dispute Resolution in the Middle East. Known for his exceptional client service, Sharratt has worked in the region for more than a decade, focusing primarily on litigation, international arbitration, asset recovery and multi-jurisdictional enforcement. His bluechip client base spans a range of industry sectors, including financial institutions, energy and infrastructure, construction, commodities, hospitality and transport. Sharratt will be based in the...

Eversheds Sutherland has reinforced its banking and finance practice with the addition of Tom Van Hoof as partner in Hong Kong. An experienced finance lawyer, Van Hoof joins from DLA Piper. He began his legal career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, qualifying in Brussels and New York. After moving to Allen & Overy in 2012, he then joined DLA Piper’s Hong Kong office in 2017. Van Hoof has extensive experience advising financial institutions, investors and corporate borrowers on debt finance and commercial transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, asset finance, pre-IPO and margin finance, real estate finance and general banking transactions. He advises clients across a number of sectors, including financial services, energy, maritime, logistics, infrastructure, manufacturing and hotels &...