Baker McKenzie's member firm in Singapore has hired an India-focused finance lawyer from Allen & Overy – the latest in a string of India specialists to leave the Magic Circle firm in Asia.

Kunal Katre joins Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow as a local principal (equivalent to of counsel) after more than a decade at Allen & Overy, where he was most recently a senior associate.

Katre, who is qualified in India and in England and Wales, focuses on transactions, including syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition financing, private equity-led sponsor financing, margin lending, structured financing, and peer-to-peer loans, in India as well as Indonesia and Malaysia.