Morgan Lewis has added partner Rebecca Ford to the firm’s Dubai office, as the firm continues its expansion in the United Arab Emirates. She arrives from Clyde & Co and will continue to handle contentious and noncontentious employment matters across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider region. Ford has a long history representing clients in high-stakes employment disputes, and advising on a range of employment issues. She has managed cases before the UAE and Dubai International Financial Centre, as well as the high courts of England and Wales in London. Ford has also overseen workplace investigations, and advised on employment law and immigration issues stemming from employment in the Middle...

Yoon & Yang has added Jae Woo Jeon and Sam Park as partners in its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Jeon joins as a partner in the Construction/Engineering and Public Procurement Practice Group, while Park joins as a partner in the Labor Practice Group. Before joining the firm, Jeon worked from 2009 to 2023 at Daewoo Engineering & Construction, a leading Korean construction and engineering company in Korea. His roles included Head of the Legal Affairs Team, Head of the Compliance Support Office and, most recently, Head of the Domestic Legal Affairs Office. In these positions, he had oversight of legal issues related to real estate development, contracts and construction, and general corporate. Jeon brings deep understanding of the real estate and construction industry, along with extensive experience in construction-related matters. On the other hand, Park is an expert in labor and employment issues. He joined the firm after his stint at Samsung Electronics from 2011, where he served as a labor lawyer in the Human Resources Team and Legal Team, successfully navigating various labor issues. Most recently, he headed the Legal Team, supervising corporate legal affairs, including claims related to dispatched employees and unfair labor practices, at Samsung Electronics Service, a service/repair affiliate of Samsung Electronics. In particular, as the Legal Director of a task force for direct employment of employees from the partner companies of Samsung Electronics Service, he played a key role in the resolution of such issue. Prior to moving to the private sector, Park gained significant experience in administrative roles at the National Labor Relations Commission and the Ministry of Employment and Labor of...

Solomon & Co, Advocates & Solicitors has added Haroon Asrar as the Partner and Head of its Pune office. With an illustrious career spanning over 13 years, Asrar brings unparalleled expertise in infrastructure, corporate and commercial law. Further, he will play a pivotal role in the firm’s Pune office, leveraging his expertise in corporate and commercial transactions with a special focus on the technology, infrastructure and energy sectors. In his previous roles as General Counsel and Business Relations Head for STUP Consultants, and as Director and CEO of VANDAC Properties, Asrar has demonstrated exceptional leadership and strategic acumen. His adeptness in crisis management and proven track record of minimizing litigation through proactive legal counsel makes him an invaluable...

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, has added Jason Nelms as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. He joins from Morrison Foerster, where he was instrumental in building their regional Investment Funds practice. With two decades of experience in Asia and the US, Nelms focuses on advising Asia-based and US sponsors and investors in the structuring, formation and offering of private investment funds, including private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, co-investment vehicles and other alternative investment products. He also advises fund sponsors on management company structuring, carried interest plans, shareholders’ agreements and related internal governance matters, and has counseled investment firms and their principals on the purchase and sale of significant minority interests in asset management...

Mayer Brown has added Janelene Chen as a partner the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in Singapore, where she will focus on trade and other structured finance transactions. She joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, where she was a partner. Chen has extensive experience advising financial institutions and corporate borrowers on a wide range of cross-border financings, notably trade finance (including receivables finance, payables finance and commodities finance), event-driven financing, structured lending (such as asset-based lending), and general banking.  Most of her cross-border transactions have involved Singapore, Indonesia, Indochina, Hong Kong and Mainland China. Chen is dual qualified in English and Singapore law, giving the firm the flexibility to assist clients in the Southeast Asia region, where transactions are governed by either English or Singapore...