John Kang, The Asian Lawyer

September 10, 2018 |

Yang Eu Jin joins from Singapore-based Overseas Education Ltd., which RHTLaw Taylor Wessing advised on its initial public offering in 2013.

By John Kang

1 minute read

September 10, 2018 |

India's two largest firms have been poaching from each other in recent months, with Delhi the primary battleground.

By John Kang

2 minute read

September 07, 2018 |

In a landmark win for LGBT rights in India, a five-judge bench unanimously struck down a colonial-era law that punished gay sex with up to life in prison.

By John Kang | Anna Zhang

4 minute read

September 06, 2018 |

Since 2013, more than a dozen international and regional law firms have opened offices in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. But now, as the country faces international condemnation over the Rohingya crisis and the jailing of journalists, momentum is moving in the other direction.

By John Kang

6 minute read

September 06, 2018 |

Corporate lawyer James Beckley returns to Gadens, which he first joined in 2012, after stints at Big Four auditors EY and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

By John Kang

2 minute read

September 05, 2018 |

David Hall-Jones has retired from the firm, which has seen a spate of departures from its Asian offices. The firm has not named a replacement.

By John Kang

2 minute read

September 05, 2018 |

• Paul Hastings, Kirkland act on $700 million spin-off of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International's tourism and hotels unit. • Wilson Sonsini, Davis Polk on China Biologic's $590 million share sale. • Norton Rose, Ashurst on Korean steel giant's $280 million acquisition of lithium mining rights in Argentina.

By John Kang | Anna Zhang

3 minute read

September 04, 2018 |

Singapore-based corporate partner Karun Cariappa and Hong Kong-based investment management partner Helen Fok have joined Morgan Lewis from the U.K.-based firm.

By John Kang

2 minute read

September 03, 2018 |

The legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner base in Beijing and Bryan Cave office in Shanghai are expected to officially become part of BCLP in four-to-six weeks.

By John Kang

2 minute read

September 02, 2018 |

Harikumar Sukumar Pillay, a former director at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, joins OC Queen Street as a director as the competition watchdog recently expanded its regulatory powers.

By John Kang

3 minute read