Dentons has added partner Alfred Wu, along with senior consultant Philip Nunn and senior associate Muriel Cheng, to its litigation and arbitration practice in Hong Kong. Prior to joining the firm, all three lawyers practiced in Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong. Wu handles an extensive range of general commercial litigation and arbitration. He advises clients on corporate finance, M&A, funds, joint venture, shareholders, property and employment disputes, as well as insolvency and restructuring matters. His arbitration experience includes both domestic and international arbitration. Clients he has represented include banks, Hong Kong-listed issuers, multinational corporations, funds, accountants/liquidators and high-net-worth individuals. He also has a special focus on construction litigation and arbitration. Nunn is a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer who has worked in Hong Kong for more than 40 years. His arbitration experience includes both domestic and international arbitration. Clients he has represented include government organizations, Hong Kong-listed companies and professional services organizations. While having a special focus on construction litigation and arbitration, Nunn has significant experience in construction-related adjudication and mediation, and is on the HKIAC Panel of Adjudicators and is an HKIAC Accredited Mediator. Cheng focuses her practice on a wide range of dispute resolution areas, and has handled numerous matters involving high-value, highly complex and multi-jurisdictional disputes involving international arbitration, commercial litigation and insolvency matters. She has also acted for clients on various contentious financial services regulatory, corruption and business ethics, data privacy and other regulatory compliance...

TT&A has added Arunav Guha Roy as a Partner with effect from September 1, 2024. His election expands the firm’s partnership to 28 members. His joining is an important milestone for the firm, as he will be the first partner in the firm’s newly-established dispute resolution practice. Dual-qualified in India and England & Wales, Roy has approximately ten years of experience, and an LLM in international dispute resolution. He is known to handle complex and high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration, with a focus on civil, commercial, constitutional, construction, insolvency and regulatory matters in the EPC, FMCG, F&B and technology sectors in particular. He currently serves as the LCIA-YIAG Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific (2023-24). Prior to joining the firm, he was a Partner Designate at Saraf and Partners for two years, and has also worked with Luthra & Luthra and Juris Corp. He is an alumnus of National Law University,...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added Arya Tripathy as a Partner in its Corporate and Technology Practice. She will be based in the firm’s Delhi-NCR office. Tripathy specialises in General Corporate, M&A, Technology and Data Protection laws. She has over a decade’s experience in advising international and domestic clients on diverse matters, with specific focus on technology, healthcare and life sciences, heavy manufacturing and social impact sectors. Tripathy is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Asia from International Association of Privacy Professionals, currently acts as the Co-Chair for its Delhi KnowledgeNet Chapter, and has worked closely with clients on the evolving aspects of data protection and privacy rights, with specific focus on EU, American and Asian landscape. She is also acting as Chair of I-WIN, a women technology lawyers committee of ITechLaw Association, and Co-Chair of Next Generation Committee for Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Tripathy frequently engages in policy discussions, publications, public speaking and advocacy exercises. With a firm belief in pro-bono services, she frequently advises tech4good charities and social impact organisations. She graduated from Hidayatullah National Law University in...

Bharucha & Partners (B&P) has added Advani & Co founder Hiroo Advani and his team, demonstrating the shared vision of Advani and B&P in the practice of law. He joins as a Senior Partner at the firm. Advani is one of India’s finest arbitration practitioners with proven excellence in handling complex, high-stakes disputes in arbitration across institutions. He furthers B&P’s skillsets and capabilities, and adds to the formidable MP Bharucha – often described as a ’weapon of choice’ in arbitration – and Sneha Jaisingh, who has rapidly established herself as a leading Disputes practitioner in the country. Following his tenure as a member of the SIAC Court, Advani presently holds office as a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) Court, and also appears before Indian courts. Most recently, he was lead counsel in the Group of Companies Doctrine case where, in a landmark decision of a Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India chaired by the Chief Justice of India, non-signatories to an arbitration clause were held to be subject to arbitration...

Bird & Bird has grown its Tech & Comms group with the arrival of tech and data expert Nick O’Connell, who will support the firm’s technology clients on their business needs across the Middle East. O’Connell has unrivalled experience in building and managing a successful regional technology, media and telecommunications practice. With over 15 years’ experience in the region, he has diverse experience advising international and local clients on a variety of matters, ranging from transactional contracting work through to regulatory advisory in the broader technology, media and telecommunications space. O’Connell’s practice also includes supporting clients on significant ongoing advisory projects, including major tech investments in the...