While law firms around the world are cutting associates from the payroll, at least one has been on a promotion overhaul. Latham & Watkins has promoted 30 attorneys to partnership across its global platform.
In Asia, corporate attorney Rajiv Gupta has been promoted to partner in the Singapore office while Benjamin Su and Kuang H Tang will become counsel in the firm's Hong Kong and Tokyo offices respectively.
Gupta has been advising on corporate finance and general securities deals across Southeast Asia, with a focus on the emerging market in India.
"He ... has played a significant part in further developing our capital markets practice in the region, particularly in India," said the firm's Singapore corporate chair Michael Sturrock.
Su joined the firm in 2005 from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, while Tang's experience in M&A undoubtedly has the firm focusing on the expanding market in Tokyo.