Shook Lin & Bok(旭龄及穆) law firm news

Singapore’s oldest law practice Rodyk & Davidson has laterally hired and promoted four lawyers to equity partnership, with the specific aim of gearing up its corporate finance and dispute resolution capabilities for 2011.

Tier-one Malaysian firms Wong & Partners and Shook Lin & Bok have clinched one of the biggest Malaysian merger & acquisition deals this year – the 30% stake acquisition in Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. The deal makes Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) the second largest general insurer in the country.

Clifford Chance has poached Raymond Tong, the head of capital markets of its former joint-venture firm in Singapore WongPartnership, after working closely with Tong during its nine-year alliance.

Shanghai Yaoliang Law Firm has recently upped its capabilities in offering international advice by appointing UK and Malaysian qualified lawyer, Janet Yong, as foreign counsel in its international team.

前法国优集思律师事务所外籍律师杨蕙绵近日加盟了上海耀良律师事务所，成为该所第三位外国法律顾问。　

Recent Asian debt market transactions have put high-yield notes capabilities back on law firm agendas. Four Chinese property companies have recently offered high-yield notes with a total deal value of US$1.37bn.

近月来，多家律所协助了四家地产商发行美元保证优先票据，总价值高达13亿美元。

Even though the financial crisis hit hard, banking & finance lawyers have found innovative ways to keep busy and keep fee revenues up

Singapore-based Stamford Law has reeled in a trio of new hires from local competitors this month – Wendy Tan, Richard Tan and real estate specialist Richard Tan Ming Kirk.

The commencement of a new legal year has brought about the appointment of four new senior counsels in Singapore.

Hong Kong-based lawyer Suhaimi Lazim has been recruited as a foreign counsel in Azmi & Associates’ international law division, specialising in Singapore law.

Two new partners have been elevated to senior management positions at Rajah & Tann, following the retirement of both its longstanding managing partner and deputy managing partner, who are joining the bench.

Singapore's Central Chambers and China's largest firm by headcount, Dacheng have formed a JV designed to capture clients expanding to India and China.

Southeast Asia's leading law firms will vie for the top honours at this year's BMW Asia ALB SE Asia Law Awards in June.

In the context of the global financial crisis and the Olympics aftermath, the legal industry in the country's capital city is inevitably affected. But Beijing's legal fraternity believes that the legal services market will remain vibrant and prosperous.

As the credit crunch takes hold, more companies are finding that Islamic financing is a viable alternative

Singapore's step to liberalise the legal services market and create a more competitive market finds wide support amongst law firms in the region, but some warn it will worsen the already crippling shortage of local talent.

Indian lawyer Srinivas Parthasarathy has made the move from the Mumbai office of leading local Indian firm J Sagar & Associates to Allen & Overy's India group based in the firm's Singapore joint venture office, Allen & Overy Shook Lin & Bok.

As the Singapore legal market moves quickly toward liberalisation, local firms are eyeing regional markets as the next source of growth

White & Case, Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins have worked in tandem to help close the groundbreaking US$2.6bn financing of the greenfield Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia.