U.S. law firm K& L Gates has promoted U.S. securities lawyer Lawrence H. Altman and associate Ian Fisher to partnership in Singapore, as part of a series of 30 promotions announced across its offices worldwide.

A corporate and finance lawyer, Altman has extensive professional experience spanning Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. He advises clients on a variety of commercial transactions, with an emphasis on private placements, structured debt, restructurings, and buybacks. He also advises clients doing business in Southeast Asia on share and asset acquisitions, private equity investments, licensing and straight and secured lending.

Fisher, meanwhile, concentrates on international arbitration and dispute resolution, and advises on shipping, construction, and insurance disputes. He is a qualified English solicitor with more than nine years of post qualification experience. Fisher has worked in London and Tokyo in addition to Singapore, where he is currently based. ALB

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