Seyfarth has added partner Stefano Beghi to its international department in Hong Kong. He joins from Gianni & Origoni, where he has been a partner for almost 20 years in its Corporate/M&A department. Beghi specializes in M&A and corporate and commercial law. He has significant experience in assisting leading Italian, European and international companies, as well as family-owned businesses, with such matters. Beghi also has extensive experience in handling major transactions in the Middle East and Asia. He brings significant cross-border experience in EMEA. He is sought out by business leaders who are looking for insightful advice on their commercial strategy in international markets. In addition to his involvement in major commercial transactions, Beghi is known for being able to distil the key issues and provide pragmatic advice. Prior to joining Gianni & Origoni, Beghi worked at leading international advisory firms, including Andersen Legal (later Deloitte) and Ernst &...

DLA Piper has added Saba Al Sultani as a partner in its Intellectual Property and Technology group, based in Dubai. She joins from Cedar White Bradley, where she was a Partner and Head of Trade Marks since 2018, having previously worked at Clyde & Co in Dubai for over seven years. Her appointment further strengthens the firm’s international IP ranks, adding to its growing footprint in the MENA region. Having been in the region for over eleven years, Al Sultani joins with extensive experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters across the entire region. She specialises in all aspects of trade mark, design, copyright and domain name matters, and has acted for some of the world’s biggest and best-known brands, including on major global and multi-jurisdictional...

K&L Gates has added Iris Leung as a corporate / capital markets partner in its Hong Kong office. She joins from Linklaters Hong Kong. Both US and Hong Kong-qualified, Leung has advised issuers and underwriters on a significant number of landmark listings of Chinese and multinational companies in Hong Kong, as well as in other major global financial markets. She has also advised bulge bracket investment banks and private equity and venture capital funds in innovative capital markets and M&A transactions, and with strategic...

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has further bolstered its global investment management practice with the addition of Divya Thakur as a partner, who will be resident in the Singapore office as of November 1, 2022. She has over 15 years of broad-based industry experience representing institutional investors and managers, with particular focus on Southeast Asia and India. Thakur also advises on operational, management and compliance issues relevant for both advisers and the funds they...

Slaughter and May will add Ralph Sellar as partner Hong Kong effective November 1, 2022. Sellar is currently International Counsel in the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton in London, and he was based in the firm’s Hong Kong office from 2015 to 2022. He has acted on a range of commercial and financial services disputes and regulatory matters. His appointment will expand the firm’s Disputes and Investigations offering in Asia, and he will be working closely with the firm’s London Disputes and Investigations...