Skrine law firm news

Workplace initiatives encouraging staff fitness have been prevalent in Western firms for some time. But as the 2011 ALB Employer of Choice survey reveals, law firms operating in Asia see exercise as an increasingly important plank in their work/life balance strategies.

Lex Mundi has welcomed five new members to its Client Advisory Council, bringing the current total to 12.

King & Wood, Freshfields and Debevoise are representing AIA in its highly anticipated Hong Kong IPO. As the issuer has businesses and operations in 15 markets in the region, a large number of local firms in these jurisdictions have also been engaged for legal support.

美国国际集团(AIG)旗下友邦保险近日正式启动备受关注的公开招股，将于29日挂牌，计划集资约200亿美元。除金杜、富而德以及德普三家大所任发行人律师外，还有多家亚洲律所也为此上市项目提供过了法律意见和服务。

Malaysian law firm Skrine has announced that Mohamed Ismail Shariff will join the firm in an effort to kick off its Islamic finance practice

Global law firm associations are doubling their efforts in this region to make sure their members secure a piece of the advisory pie

US attorney Samuel Nolen of Richards, Layton & Finger, Lex Mundi's member firm for Delaware, has been elected chair of Lex Mundi by the organisation's board of directors during the Lex Mundi 2007 annual meeting in Singapore. At the same meeting, four new directors were also appointed, including Janet Looi of Skrine in Malaysia.

As a rapidly growing centre for Islamic finance and with the US free trade agreement just around the corner, the Malaysian legal profession is seeing some of the most interesting developments within the Asia Pacific region ALB reports

Many of Asia's leading domestic firms have come together to advise on London-listed First Choice Holidays PLC's multi-jurisdictional acquisition of the Pacific World Group of companies.

Malaysian law firm Tay & Partners has recruited a senior associate of its local competitor Skrine to join its partnership.

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

Lim Pui Keng has joined Tay & Partners as a Partner in the IP & Information Technology Practice group in its Kuala Lumpur office

Skrine has strengthened its oil and gas section expertise with the appointment of Faizah Jamaludin as partner.

The Malaysian 'S' brigade has long dominated the legal scene. ALB reports on the mergers and developments that could topple them from pole position

On November 7 at the Ritz Carlton hotel, Asian Legal Business hosted itsinaugural awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of law firms in theregion in 2002. We present this year's winners as well as some of theincriminating evidence from the evening.