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IndusLaw has added Soura Subha Ghosh and his team to the firm’s Mumbai office in the dispute resolution practice. Ghosh has more than 15 years’ experience in commercial civil litigation, dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation and conciliation. He has represented corporate houses, banks and financial institutions, and HNIs on various legal issues, including disputes pertaining to constitutional law, contract law, company law and property law. He represented these clients before different forums, such as the Supreme Court of India, high courts and NCLT. He has also advised clients in many domestic and foreign arbitrations. Ghosh has worked on many landmark litigation matters, which have become precedents. Prior to joining the firm, he has worked with Paras Kuhad & Associates Mumbai and Hariani & Co Mumbai, where he led the litigation team. He has also been associated with Welspun Group.
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Baker McKenzie has continued the rapid growth of its Hong Kong transactional practice with the hire of senior capital markets specialist Thomas Tarala as partner. Tarala brings a wealth of transactional experience to the firm, and will be advising clients on public offerings, private placements of debt and equity securities, secondary offerings and securitization. He has broad experience in both equity capital markets and debt capital markets transactions, M&A, funds formation, loans, corporate restructurings, as well as litigation and regulatory issues. As a senior practitioner with over 25 years of experience, he has worked with investment banks, intermediaries and major corporations in Hong Kong, China, Southeast Asia, Europe and the US, and he is well-versed in SEC-registered offerings and Regulation S / Rule 144A offerings. Tarala joins from HNA Group (International), where he served as general counsel in the last five years, and advised on a broad spectrum of business-related issues. He has also worked at Hogan Lovells in London and Hong Kong, and is the former head of the US securities practice in Hong Kong. Tarala is admitted to practice as a US attorney in New York, Connecticut and Florida, and as a solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong.
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Kudun and Partners has bolstered its regulatory and compliance expertise with hire of Thanyaluck Thongrompo (Bee) as a partner in the firm’s corporate and m&a practice, focusing on permits, licenses, regulatory and compliance work. He joins from PKF Tax and Consulting Services Thailand, a member firm of PKF International, where she has been a partner in the firm’s corporate legal team since 2020. Prior to PKF International, she formerly worked with Bolliger & Company Consulting, DFDL Mekong (Thailand) and KPMG Phoomchai Tax & Legal. Thongrompo has over 18 years of experience in dealing with a vast array of legal issues for both local and international clients, including company formation; M&A and legal due diligence; dealing with licenses, permits and contracts; Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand incentives; Board of Investment incentives; as well as tax exemptions, personal data protection, intellectual property, and banking services. She also advises clients on foreign ownership structures and restrictions, corporate and commercial matters, employment, visas and work permits, legal aspects related to incorporation and dissolution; real estate ownership and possession; reviewing and drafting commercial agreements; and drafting wills and inheritance. She is a licensed lawyer and a notarial services attorney, and a member of the Thai Bar Association. She holds an LLM from King’s College London, and an LLM from Thammasat University, Thailand. She received her LLB from Thammasat University, Thailand.
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Morgan Lewis will further strengthen its global tax team with the addition of Kai Lee Lau as a partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a director of Morgan Lewis Stamford. Lau, who adds local Singapore tax capabilities for the first time, will focus on civil and criminal tax litigation and supporting clients’ tax-related needs. He will join the firm later this month, following his 12-year service with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Lau has more than 17 years of experience in tax law. He began his career as a tax lawyer at another top-tier law firm before joining the IRAS, where he served as lead counsel for over a decade. At the IRAS, he led numerous high-value and complex disputes across all tax types, including matters related to corporate income tax, personal income tax, goods and services tax, property tax and stamp duty. Lau is also a chartered accountant (Singapore) with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, and has been appointed as a mediator on the panel of the Singapore Mediation Centre. During his time with the IRAS, Lau was awarded a full post-graduate scholarship, and attained a Master’s in Law from the National University of Singapore.
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Reed Smith has added Bryan Tan as partner in its entertainment and media industry group and Singapore office. Tan joins from Pinsent Masons MPillay, Pinsent Masons’ joint law venture in Singapore, where he was head of its technology, media and telecommunications practice. Prior to joining Pinsent Masons Mpillay, Tan was the director of Keystone Law, a firm he founded in 2005. With over 20 years’ experience, Tan has a broad practice focused on transactional, regulatory and legislative work. He is renowned for advising on TMT transactions across the ASEAN countries. Tan also has extensive experience advising on venture capital investments into fast-growing technology companies, crypto currency projects, including funds, exchanges and international consortiums, as well as cyber security, data protection and digital trade facilitation matters. His client base comprises a broad range of industries across the TMT sector, including video games, fin-tech, VC funds, healthcare, media, telecoms and technology. Tan is a legal adviser to the ASEAN Single Window project and the United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific. He is also the co-chair of the TMT sub-committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and is a member of the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore.
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Shearman & Sterling has added Wanda Woo as a capital markets partner in Hong Kong. Her return to the firm adds to its capital markets offering in the Asian market, further strengthening the firm’s global platform. Woo brings extensive experience advising on capital markets transactions in Hong Kong, including IPOs, share placings, rights offerings and bond offerings, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. Her clients include leading investment banks and companies listed in Hong Kong. Woo has also advised clients on M&A transactions under Hong Kong law. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
