Big Four's EY Expands Singapore Law Firm With Dentons Duo
Two more Dentons Rodyk lawyers, former senior partner Chan Wan Hong and former senior associate Desiree Lee, join Atlas Asia Law Corp. as directors.
August 21, 2019 at 03:41 AM
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Big Four accounting firm EY's affiliated law firm in Singapore has expanded with two corporate hires.
Chan Wan Hong and Desiree Lee join Atlas Asia Law Corp. as directors from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson, where they were senior partner and senior associate, respectively. Both focus on capital markets deals, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and private equity investments.
Last year, Chan served as Singaporean counsel to Singaporean concrete company Pan-United Corp. Ltd. on a spinoff and subsequent Hong Kong listing of its China river port business, Xinghua Port Holdings Ltd.
Chan leaves Dentons Rodyk after eight years with the firm. Previously, he practised at Singaporean firm Rajah & Tann and its predecessor firm Yeo Wee Kiong & Partners for more than a decade. Meanwhile, Lee joins Atlas after six years with Dentons Rodyk.
Dmitry Tetiouchev, EY's Singapore-based Asia-Pacific leader of legal services, said in a statement that the hires help develop Atlas as a regional legal platform in southeast Asia. In April, he told The Asian Lawyer that EY plans to continue to grow in the southeast Asian legal market, including expanding its member firm in Vietnam and launching new law firms in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Singapore-based Atlas has about 10 lawyers, and most of them joined from Dentons Rodyk. The firm launched and joined EY's global legal network in July last year via a four-lawyer Dentons Rodyk team led by former senior partner Evelyn Ang, who is now Atlas managing director.
Globally, EY has more than 2,300 legal professionals in 83 jurisdictions.
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