Reed Smith has added Hui Ling Teo as a partner in its global Transportation Industry Group, based in Singapore. Teo joins from Milbank, bringing over a decade of experience in first-of-its kind and award-winning deals. She specialises in high value transactions, and has led headline transactions worth more than US$2.8 billion, advising the world’s largest and most reputable aircraft leasing companies, airlines, manufacturers and financial institutions. Teo is passionate about bringing value to the industry with her expertise in pre-delivery purchase financing, large portfolio trading and financing, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, and alternative investment structures. She is known for her interest in co-creating solutions for the industry, supporting the industry with green and sustainable financing to accelerate the move towards green and sustainable operations and...

Paul Hastings has added Peter Cheng as securities and capital markets practice partner in Hong Kong. Cheng practices primarily in the area of equity capital markets offerings with a focus on Hong Kong IPOs, and has led on matters relating to Hong Kong Listing Rules compliance, M&A and private equity investments. He has extensive experience in the technology, media and telecom sector.Peter Cheng joins Paul Hastings from Deacons. He has also worked with Davis Polk & Wardwell previous to joining...

Pinsent Masons has strengthened its energy and infrastructure capabilities in Sydney with the addition of partner Kirstie Richards and senior associates Luke Salem and Alec Kibblewhite to lead the firm’s Australian planning and environment capabilities in its Sydney office. Richards is an environmental and planning partner, with a particular focus on energy, renewables, infrastructure and oil and gas sectors. The team advises energy generators, renewable energy developers and construction companies on complex large scale environmental projects. They join from K&L Gates, where Richards established and led its environment and planning practice nationally. Richards has advised on a number of high profile projects, including the multi-billion Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm project in Queensland, the Tallawarra B Power Station, and the 200MW Collector wind farm project in...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added Paul Tan as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. Tan will continue his international disputes practice, and will lead the firm’s international arbitration practice in Asia. He practices commercial and investor-state international arbitration and international litigation, including arbitration-related litigation. He focuses on disputes across Asia, and has extensive experience advising on complex issues of public and private international law. Tan has acted in disputes in a wide range of industries. He regularly advises leading multinational organizations, global insurers, financial institutions and Asian governments. Before joining the firm, Tan served as partner at Cavenagh Law, which is registered in a formal law alliance in Singapore under Clifford Chance Asia, where he led the litigation practice for Southeast Asia.  Prior to that, he was a partner with Rajah & Tann Singapore. Tan is the elected Treasurer of the Law Society of Singapore, a member of Singapore Academy of Law, and holds positions in the International Chamber of Commerce (Singapore chapter), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Swiss Arbitration Association and the Rising Arbitrators Initiative. He earned his LLB from the National University of Singapore in 2005, where he graduated with First Class Honours. He received his BCL with distinction from the University of Oxford in 2011. He served as a law clerk under two former Chief Justices of Singapore, and other judges, including Sundaresh Menon, then Judicial Commissioner and now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of...

S&R Associates has added William Vivian John as a partner, based in Mumbai. John’s practice covers a broad range of listed and private company M&A matters and cross-border transactions, as well as anti-corruption, financial fraud and investigation matters. He has significant experience advising global corporate, listed clients and boards of directors on complex internal investigations. John received a BA, LLB (Hons) from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in 2000. His prior experience includes working with Luthra and Luthra Law Offices in Mumbai, where he was a...