Rodyk & Davidson 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.

US firm Duane Morris has secured approval from the Singapore Ministry of Law to launch a joint law venture (JLV) with local firm Arfat Selvam Alliance.

WongPartnership’s Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara may be leaving his current post as the firm’s managing partner in October to become head of portfolio management at Temasek, but last Friday evening he claimed one of the industry’s most illustrious honours after winning the first ever Managing Partner of the Year award at the 2010 ALB SE Asia Law Awards

Allen & Gledhill, Drew & Napier, Rajah & Tann, and WongPartnership have scooped the most nominations as finalists in the ten Firms of the Year categories in this year’s ALB SE Asia Law Awards.

WongPartnership and Herbert Smith have been voted the best domestic and international law firms to work for in Singapore, according to ALB’s Employer of Choice 2010 survey.

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.

Stamford Law Corporation is working with client KS Energy, a leading energy services provider to the global oil & gas, marine and petrochemical industries, on the consolidation of its distribution businesses.

Overseas Union Enterprise has sold its interest in the residential condominium at 21 Angullia Park, also known as the ‘Parisian’, to focus its finances on the development of its other residential property development project, the ‘Grangeford’.

The global financial crisis has not diminished law firms’ passion for the country’s most cosmopolitan and fast-paced city. Rather, it provides a timely opportunity for ambitious firms in this up-and-coming financial centre to prepare for a new wave of competition. ALB China investigates

The votes are in, the numbers crunched, the data weighted, collated and tallied. And the results have given some interesting findings.

由《亚洲法律杂志》策划并组织的２００９年度亚太地区以及中东地区法律市场最佳雇主的调查活动于近日圆满结束。在中国区，十家国内和国际著名律师事务所脱颖而出，被业内人士评选为本年度“最佳雇主”。

Adrian Tan is a forceful part of Drew and Napier's award winning litigation team, and a director of the firm. With an impressive CV of action against defamatory bloggers and trademark infringers, he is also a somewhat surprising target of adulation for dozens of teenage bloggers.

India cross-border acquisitions are in decline - and by no small margin either. The latest stats show a 39% drop so far this year on the corresponding period last year.

This year's ALB SE Asia Law Awards promises to be the biggest and best yet, with the event growing in stature and popularity throughout the business community. Don't miss what's been described by many as "the biggest and most glamorous night of the year for the legal industry", where top law firms mix and mingle with corporate counsel, CEO's, investment bankers and other influential corporate leaders as the winners across all categories are announced.

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

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has nabbed two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firm's expansion into China.

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has poached two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firms expansion into China.

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has nabbed two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firm's expansion into China.

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has nabbed two associates from Australian law firms for the UK-based firm's expansion into China.