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Investors using media to pressurise states into paying $83bn of unpaid arbitral debts, report finds
Investor-state disputes ‘generate far more media coverage than might be expected from confidential proceedings’, according to Thorndon Partners
CMS adds team of seven ex-BCLP lawyers in Hong Kong and one in Singapore
Hires follow BCLP’s decision to pull out of Asia earlier this year
Rajah & Tann makes double litigation hire from Bayfront Law in Singapore
Commercial litigators Paras Lalwani and Reka Mohan join firm as partners
Singapore Convention Week 2025 sets to unite global legal community
Landmark week of events to spotlight collaboration and innovation in international dispute resolution.
Withers promotes 16 partners in global round as US dominates
Expanded round sees firm achieve 50:50 gender split
Singapore’s WongPartnership announces leadership changes
Sean Yu elected managing partner, replacing Wai King Ng, who will become senior partner alongside his existing role as chair
Withers expands Singapore disputes practice with key hire from Simmons & Simmons
Partner Mohammed Reza joins as head of international arbitration at Withers’ affiliated Singapore practice
‘The heart of our firm’: Rajah & Tann mourns death of former managing partner
Preeminent restructuring lawyer Patrick Ang has passed away aged 61
Reed Smith hires A&O Shearman trio across Singapore, Hong Kong
A&O Shearman’s joint Singapore managing partner Tim Beech moves over with newly-minted partner Regina Lui and an associate to boost US firm’s global corporate trust team
London edges ahead of Singapore as top go-to jurisdictions for international arbitration, study finds
White & Case survey shows seats continue to be favoured for their reliability, legal infrastructure and recent reforms
McDermott shutters Singapore office ending Asia presence
Closure leaves US firm with eight overseas offices, all in in Europe
BCLP to close in Hong Kong and Singapore as it plans Asia ‘wind-down’
Firm says it will continue to service its clients’ Asia needs through associate firm network
Female-founded ArbBoutique hires independent arbitrator in Singapore
Ex-Skadden counsel Chiann Bao joins the firm as a partner
Singapore Law Society vice-president resigns following social media posts about rape case
Chia Boon Teck’s comments drew widespread criticism from the legal community, including Singapore Minister of Law K. Shanmugam
Singapore’s Providence Law Asia hires Duxton Hill advocate as international litigation head
Colin Liew joins leading Asian disputes boutique after nearly four years at Duxton Hill Chambers
Senior Drew & Napier disputes partner departs with team to found own firm
Siraj Omar launches eponymous firm in Singapore focused on commercial disputes
Gearing leaves Fountain Court to build on Singapore connections
Former co-head of arbitration to go solo in London but continue at Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers
SICC marks 10th anniversary with transnational dispute resolution conference
Speakers included Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon
MoFo recruits senior private equity M&A partner in Singapore from Gibson Dunn
Scott Jalowayski replenishes MoFo’s Asia corporate bench following defections to CMS and Baker McKenzie
Singapore International Commercial Court appoints trio of UK, Australian judges
International jurists include UK Justice Lady Mary Arden, who join the court’s ranks next month