Baker Botts LLP, a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Andrew Roche has joined its Singapore office as a partner in the Global Projects Department. Roche arrives at the firm from Ashurst in Singapore.
Global law firm Ashurst announces a significant investment in its energy and infrastructure offering, with the hire of five partners across the UK and Asia as the firm responds to client demand driven by the accelerating transition to net zero. London-based project finance expert Sanja (Sonny) Udovicic, Seoul-based Anna Chung, and Singapore-based Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli and Scott Baggett will join Ashurst as part of a plan to increase the firm’s capacity to service clients across multiple jurisdictions. They will be joined by London-based energy M&A and project development expert Julia Derrick, who returns to Ashurst. The five partners join from Shearman & Sterling.
Tags: Ashurst | London | SingaporeBaker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today it is expanding its global footprint with the opening of an office in Singapore, including the admission of three lateral energy projects and transactional partners there. Richard Guit, Daniel Reinbott and Michael Harrison have joined the firm’s Global Projects Department in Singapore. Mr. Guit has assumed the role as Partner-in-Charge of the new office, which also includes Global Projects partner Lewis Jones, who relocated from the London office of Baker Botts. In addition, the office includes two new Global Projects special counsel, Jessica Ham and Giles Ashman, who have joined with Richard, Daniel, Michael and Lewis, plus one associate. The group arrives from Ashurst.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Lian Yok Tan. She joins the firm from K&L Gates where she was global co-head of the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources Practice.
K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP, welcomes project finance lawyer Sarah Park as a partner in the Corporate practice. She joins from White & Case LLP and will start in April 2023.
K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, welcomes Joan Lim-Casanova as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice. She joins the firm’s Singapore office from Cavenagh Law LLP, where she provided litigation representation in a Formal Law Alliance with Clifford Chance.
We are excited to announce we have appointed a senior corporate and capital markets partner with close to 30 years’ experience to our growing team in Singapore. Robson Lee joins from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he was a global equity partner for the last seven years, and prior to that was a senior partner at Shook Lin & Bok.
King & Spalding announced today that Richard Sharpe, an experienced trial lawyer and former barrister, has joined the firm as a partner in its Special Matters and Government Investigations practice. He is based in the firm’s Singapore office. Sharpe joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in the Government & Internal Investigations Practice Group in the Hong Kong office.
We are delighted to have bolstered our aviation team in Singapore with the promotion of Anita Quy to Head of Aviation, APAC and the appointment of new partner, Tristan Thompson. Tristan joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he spent the last three years principally working on complex aviation and aerospace product liability claims and hull subrogation claims.
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