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Cooley and Milbank tapped to bring Grindr through $2.1bn SPAC deal

Freshfields also advises on high-profile transaction with Singapore-based blank check company

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Pinsent Masons creates head of APAC role as part of wider regional leadership shakeup

James Morgan-Payler to take the reins in Melbourne as UK firm's head of APAC as Singapore-based Johanna Murray made region's COO

Greenberg Traurig signs up Hogan Lovells trio to launch in Singapore

Fourth office in Asia will focus on energy transition and ESG work

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McDermott adds white collar heavyweight from Sidley Austin to lead new Singapore base

Yuet Ming Tham joins alongside partner Shu Min Ho and two counsel and will also serve as head of APAC

Singapore’s Rajah & Tann reshuffles leadership team as firm looks to the future

Shake-up is intended to give younger partners more input into how the firm is run

Watson Farley & Williams mourns death of Singapore office head

Leading maritime lawyer remembered as a ‘superb lawyer who inspired great trust and loyalty’

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Three Crowns secures Shearman & Sterling's Singapore head to launch first Asia office

Arbitration boutique capitalises on city state's 'ever-growing' popularity as a disputes hub with fifth base

McDermott hires Latham's power industry group co-head as Asia transactions chair in Singapore

Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi comes aboard following firm's relaunch in the city-state last year

Singapore to allow no-win, no-fee agreements to boost appeal as global disputes hub

Latest reforms follow the relaxation of litigation funding rules in 2017

Linklaters secures Morgan Lewis partner to launch Singapore funds practice

Addition of Joel Seow follows double partner hire in Hong Kong last month

Senior counsel success for pair of women commercial disputes lawyers in Singapore

Appointment of Marina Chin and Swee Yen Koh alongside Tan Puay Boon bring total SC tally to 94

Norton Rose Fulbright appoints 54 partners in North America-focused round

Global giant achieves 40% target for women lawyers for third year running; Reed Smith promotes 31

Withers hires partners from Pillsbury and BCLP to boost Southeast Asia reach

Private client powerhouse also signs real estate partner in London and promotes four lawyers to partner

Almost a third of global companies expect disputes to increase in 2022, study finds

Covid and Cybersecurity-related rifts seen as biggest threats, Baker McKenzie report shows

Cooley adds capital markets partner in Singapore from Goldman Sachs

Tim Pitrelli joins from role as executive director and senior counsel in Goldman’s investment banking division

Standalone procedural rules unveiled to bolster Singapore International Commercial Court

Rules aim for 'clarity and efficiency' as Singapore moves to become jurisdiction of choice for high-stakes commercial disputes

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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas opens in Singapore after hiring Nishith Desai's ex-office head

First base outside home country to offer Indian law in areas including international arbitration and private client

Sidley adds 42 new partners in bumper round that leans towards litigators

Chicago firm’s litigation group sees 11 lawyers made up in round that is significantly larger than last year’s

BP unveils trimmed-down roster of 26 panel firms as it seeks to 'consolidate external spend'

Some 26 firms appointed globally following competitive tender that assessed candidates' D&I and energy transition capabilities

King & Spalding taps Skadden for ‘rising star’ M&A specialist to expand Singapore corporate practice

Parveet Singh Gandoak brings cross-border deals experience across Southeast Asia and India

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