U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has advised SoftBank Group Corp. as lead investor in a landmark financing round of up to $40 billion in artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI. The investment in the ...

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the Singapore member firm of Baker McKenzie, has hired experienced capital markets lawyer Alexander Stathopoulos as principal from A&O Shearman. With over 20 years of ...

South Korean law firm Lee & Ko has hired disputes specialist Zachary Sharpe as a partner and co-head of its international arbitration practice from U.S. firm Jones Day. His hire comes shortly after ...

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has acted for U.S private equity firm KKR in a tender offer buyout worth 348 billion yen ($2.3 billion) for medical gear maker Topcon with a unit of Japanese state-backed ...

Corporate attorney Prajna Mohapatra has rejoined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in Mumbai after nearly two years as counsel at Trilegal. With over 12 years of post-qualification experience, ...

Japanese law firm Miura & Partners announced plans to open a Hong Kong office in summer 2025, furthering its ambitious global expansion strategy that has already seen the firm establish multiple ...

U.S. law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Indonesia’s Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung (HBT) have advised on PT Yupi Indo Jelly Gum's $123 million initial public offering (IPO) and its ...

Anirban Mohapatra, who quit the partnership at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in August last year to take up a senior in-house role at Amazon, is set to rejoin the leading Indian firm after just over six ...

Dentons Link Legal, the Indian member firm of global law firm Dentons, has expanded its intellectual property capabilities with the integration of IP boutique Aumirah. The absorption gives Dentons ...

Preseedha Premnath is a seasoned legal professional with over a decade of experience in both private practice and in-house roles. Currently serving as the general counsel at Indian VC firm Stellaris ...

Ranjana Adhikari, a technology, media and entertainment-focused partner at Indian law firm IndusLaw is expected to join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. as a partner in Mumbai, sources with knowledge ...

U.S.-headquartered law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has confirmed to ALB that “after careful consideration we have made the decision to start an orderly wind down of operations in Asia ...