King & Spalding Recruits International Arbitration Partner Nils Eliasson in Singapore

King & Spalding has hired leading Asia-based International Arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice Group. He will be based in the Singapore office. Eliasson was most recently a partner at Shearman & Sterling in Hong Kong, where he led the firm’s Asia International Arbitration practice. 

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Linklaters Announces Hire of Joel Seow to Establish Investment Funds Practice in Singapore

Linklaters has announced that Joel Seow joined as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office, to establish an investment funds practice. Joel has extensive experience advising sponsors in Asia on the establishment of private investment funds across various asset classes and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds, hedge funds and special situations funds. Seow joins Linklaters from Morgan Lewis, where he was a partner.

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Cooley Expands Capital Markets Practice in Asia

Tim Pitrelli has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s capital markets practice in Singapore. Arriving from Goldman Sachs, where he served as a Singapore-based executive director and senior counsel in the investment banking division, Pitrelli brings significant experience in IPOs, followon offerings, and other regional and international cross-border transactions, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of the Singapore and Southeast Asia markets. A veteran of the Singapore legal industry, Pitrelli moved from the United States in early 2008 and has been based in Singapore for almost 14 years.

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King & Spalding Recruits Parveet Singh Gandoak as M&A Partner in Singapore

King & Spalding has hired Parveet Singh Gandoak as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. He will be based in the firm’s Singapore office. Gandoak, who was most recently at Skadden, was ranked as one of Asia’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (2021), in recognition of his work on several transformative transactions and reorganizations.

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Latham & Watkins Adds Three Prominent Partners to Growing Energy & Infrastructure Group in Asia

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Sidharth (Sid) Bhasin, James Clayton-Payne, and Don Stokes will join the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group and will be based in Singapore. Bhasin and Clayton-Payne join the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Stokes will join the Project Development & Finance Practice. Together, they bring significant experience handling public M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments and exits, and project financings spanning a number of high-growth sectors. Bhasin and Clayton-Payne join Latham from Shearman & Sterling in Singapore,  Stokes will join from Freshfields.

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