October 16, 2024
O’Melveny has added two experienced pan-Asia transactional lawyers Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim in the firm’s Singapore office as partners in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, further bolstering the firm’s cross-border capabilities while also expanding its capacity across Asia. Together, Keen and Taslim are internationally recognized for their strategic M&A and private equity expertise. Their work spans a vast array of industries that align with the firm’s strengths, including the technology, consumer and energy sectors. They come from the Singapore office of Hogan Lovells, where they practiced together in the Corporate and Finance Practice. Keen held senior leadership roles there, including head of the Asia-Pacific Private Equity Practice and Corporate and Finance Practice. Keen is recognized as one of Singapore’s premier M&A and private equity lawyers. For nearly three decades, she has advised corporations, lenders and mid-market private equity sponsors on leveraged buy-outs, cross-border transactions, M&A, equity offerings and corporate restructurings in jurisdictions across the globe. Keen earned her Bachelor and Master of Arts in Law from St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge, and her Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the York College of Law. She is a member of the Singapore Venture Capital Association, the Asian Venture Capital Association, and the Singapore Law Society. Taslim has advised clients on cross-border M&AA, joint ventures, public takeovers, private equity transactions and venture capital investing for nearly two decades. She is particularly skilled in energy M&A transactions, and she has extensive experience in first-of-its-kind transactions in emerging markets. Taslim earned her LLB in Laws from the National University of Singapore, and she is a member of the Singapore Law... October 16, 2024
Skadden has added Friven Yeoh as a partner and leader of the firm’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group in Asia. Yeoh most recently spent eight years as co-leader of the Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy group at another global law firm, where he oversaw the practice from Hong Kong and Singapore. He will split his time between Skadden’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices. A leading commercial arbitration practitioner, Yeoh has extensive experience in the resolution of complex, “bet-the-company” business disputes across industries, and has represented clients as lead counsel in international arbitrations conducted under various institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, SIAC, JCAA, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL and CAS. He also advises clients on commercial litigation and regulatory investigations involving product risk and liability, energy, corporate affairs, competition and financial services matters, as well as life sciences. Yeoh is a qualified solicitor advocate of the Hong Kong court, and is also admitted in England & Wales. In addition, he is a registered foreign lawyer of the Singapore International Commercial Court. He frequently serves as tribunal chair or co-arbitrator in matters before major arbitral institutions. He earned his LLB from the University of Melbourne, and his LLM from the London School of... September 2, 2024
Stephenson Harwood‘s alliance firm in Singapore, Virtus Law, has strengthened its corporate practice with the arrival of partner Eunice Yao. She has extensive experience advising on matters relating to capital markets, M&As and FinTech. Yao supports on IPOs, equity and debt fund raising for companies listed in Singapore, and company secretarial matters. As well as working in private practice, she also has notable experience working in-house with the largest consumer bank in... September 2, 2024
JSA Advocates & Solicitors has added Nisha Kaur Uberoi as Chair of the Competition Practice. Uberoi joined with her team of 27 attorneys, including two retained partners, Harshita Singh Parmar and Pranav Satyam, to be located across Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore offices. To be based out of the Mumbai office, Uberoi will work closely with JSA’s Delhi-based Competition Law specialist and Equity Partner Vaibhav Choukse and his team. Widely regarded as one of India’s foremost competition lawyers, she brings with her an extensive expertise in complex areas like merger control, cartels, abuse of dominance and the digital economy. She represents clients before the Competition Commission of India, the NCLAT and the Supreme Court. Uberoi comes with more than two decades of experience. Before joining the firm, she was the National Head of the Competition practice at Trilegal. Previously, she co-headed the competition practice at AZB & Partners, and headed the Competition practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. She is an alumnus of the National Law School of India University Bangalore and National University of... September 2, 2024
DaHui has added two distinguished new partners to its growing firm. Kevin Liu joins with a decade of experience specializing in complex securities offerings, listings, M&A and other capital market transactions. His diverse background spans sectors such as advanced semiconductor manufacturing, new energy, and healthcare and life sciences. He has also advised leading investment institutions on private equity and post-investment management. Before joining the firm, Liu practiced at Fangda Partners and King & Wood Mallesons. He is renowned for his track record in major capital market restructurings, and he also represented investors in their strategic investment in a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy reorganization of a major Chinese tech conglomerate. Liu guides companies through the entire capital cycle, and he has pioneered legal strategies for prominent Chinese companies to exit offshore stock markets and relist on China’s A-share markets via interim privatization. Liu has extensive regional network ties in Shanghai, Shenzhen and beyond, and experience in outbound business transactions. He holds an LLM from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in law from Southwest University of Political Science and Law. Zhouwei (Wayne) Wang joins as a partner in the Wuhan office’s corporate team. Prior to joining the firm, Wang worked as in-house counsel for a leading ICT company, and for a prominent multinational automotive company. His extensive in-house experience gave him deep insights into bringing innovative product lines and new business models to market, and his strategic approach and keen understanding of industry trends help him deal with major market players and their complex legal issues. Some of Wang’s notable achievements include leading a multi-million-dollar... Moves
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