King & Spalding today announced that Luke Edwards joins as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group, and as part of the recently-launched Global Human Capital and Compliance practice. Edwards, who is based in Sydney, Australia, will also divide his time between the firm’s Singapore and Tokyo office. Edwards joins the firm from Seyfarth Shaw, LLP.
King & Spalding has added prominent energy lawyers Anthony Patten and Lachlan Clancy as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group in Singapore. Clancy, who will join the office later in the month, is scheduled to relocate to the firm’s Tokyo branch in due course. Patten and Clancy were most recently at Shearman & Sterling, where Patten was a partner and Co-Head of the firm’s Oil and Gas Group.
Cavenagh Law, the Formal Law Alliance partner of Clifford Chance in Singapore, has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution team with the appointment of commercial litigation and international arbitration expert Paul Tan as partner. Paul joins from Rajah & Tann.
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Brian Gordon in its Global Corporate Practice. He joins from Holman Fenwick Willan. Mr. Gordon’s appointment follows the recent arrival of Corporate partners Simon Adams and Caroline Brown from Holman Fenwick Willan to the Squire Patton Boggs Perth office.
Joel joins DWF from Stephenson Harwood, and has particular experience in the Indonesian market, where he advises several household names in the technology, financial services, media, marketing & communications, food & beverage and consumer sectors. He also works with some of the most prominent venture capital investors in the region.
Dechert LLP is expanding its Corporate & Securities practice with the appointment of Maria Tan Pedersen as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office, strengthening Dechert’s capability in Asia.
Cooley is further expanding its global presence with the launch of an office in Singapore. It is the firm’s 16th location worldwide, following openings in Brussels and Hong Kong last year. Ferish Patel, partner in charge of the new office, and Matthew Bartus, co-chair of Cooley’s global emerging companies and venture capital practice, who is relocating from Silicon Valley, will serve as the firm’s first resident partners in Singapore. More >>
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