Dentons has continued to strengthen its presence in Asia with the addition of Dominic Gregory as a partner in Hong Kong. Gregory’s practice focuses on project finance and project development, particularly in the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors. He also has extensive experience in asset, trade and acquisition finance, green and sustainable finance, and restructurings. Gregory brings over two decades of experience, advising both global and regional clients on high-value and cross-border transactions across the Asia-Pacific region and...

Gadens has added three well-known corporate partners to its ranks, bolstering the firm’s corporate and M&A offering. Danny Simmons and Lynda Reid joins the firm in the first quarter, and Franki Ganter joins in the second quarter of FY26. Simmons and Reid started at the firm on July 1, 2025 in Sydney, bringing a team of four, composed of Special Counsel Jana Jordan, Associates Charlotte Ambler and Matilda Unwin, and Legal Assistant Toni Jones. Simmons brings over 30 years’ experience to the firm. He was a founding partner of Clifford Chance in Australia, and its inaugural corporate head. Most recently, he was a partner at Mills Oakley. Simmons is widely regarded as a corporate law expert, specialising in public and private M&A, proxy contests, board advisory, corporate governance and corporate disputes. He also advises several prominent family offices. Reid is a seasoned corporate expert advising on complex deals, public and private M&A, fundraising, corporate disputes and shareholder activism. Formerly a senior lawyer of ASIC, where she began her career, and then partner of Mills Oakley, Reid has a strong grounding in financial regulation, bringing sharp insight to her clients’ most complex matters. Previously a long-time corporate partner at Allens, Ganter is a public and private M&A and corporate advisory specialist. She advises domestic and foreign clients across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, energy and renewables, funds and financial services, agribusiness and government, working closely with boards, executives and legal teams on complex transactions and strategic advice. Ganter will straddle the firm’s Brisbane and Sydney offices from October 1,...

Yoon & Yang has further strengthened its M&A and corporate advisory capabilities with the recruitment of Partner Jin Kook Lee, a veteran dealmaker renowned for his exceptional track record in both domestic and cross-border M&A and capital markets, and rising next-generation star Partner So Yeon Yoon. Lee is a strategic dealmaker with over 20 years of experience leading a wide range of large-scale domestic and cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions. A graduate of Seoul National University School of Law (Class of 1997), he passed the Korean bar in 1998, and served as a military judge advocate. He joined Yulchon in 2004, and played a pivotal role in its M&A practice as a core member of the Corporate & Finance Group for over two decades. Lee possesses a rare combination in corporate advisory expertise and experience for a Korean attorney, with capabilities to advise not only on both inbound and outbound M&A transactions, but also on IPOs and other capital markets transactions. He has advised on a number of landmark M&A transactions, as well as many high-profile IPOs in Korea. Notably, he advised MBK Partners on its KRW7.2 trillion (US$5b) acquisition of Homeplus, the largest private equity M&A deal in Asia. His track record has earned him the nickname “big deal maker” among clients and peers alike. Yoon is recognized for her ability to provide tailored advice on M&A and corporate governance matters, through a unique blend of external counsel experience handling major deals at a law firm, and in-house counsel experience at Korea’s largest platform company, coupled with her specialized expertise in commercial law. Yoon graduated as the...

Chandler Mori Hamada welcomes Prof Piphob Veraphong⁠, Rachanee Prasongprasit and Dr⁠ Theeravuth Temsiriwattanakul, three long-recognised leading tax lawyers in Thailand⁠. Their addition enhances the firm’s existing market-leading offerings with a comprehensive tax practice advising on tax structuring matters⁠, customs and tax disputes⁠. With over 30 years of experience in tax law, Prof Veraphong is one of the preeminent tax lawyers in Thailand⁠. He has been widely recognised and respected by peers and clients⁠. Prior to joining the firm⁠, Prof Veraphong founded and led a prominent top-ranked boutique law firm after a long career at international law firms in Thailand⁠. Prasongprasit has decades of experience advising on tax law⁠. She formerly worked at prominent international accounting and law firms, and is a well-regarded tax expert in Thailand⁠. She is fluent in Thai⁠, English and Japanese⁠. Dr Temsiriwattanakul is a distinguished academic in tax law in Thailand⁠. He advises on specific tax issues⁠, including royalty income classification involving offshore entities⁠, interpretative issues in the oil and gas industry⁠, and customs duty matters⁠. Moreover, veteran litigator Srangsomwong also joins the firm as a Senior Advisor to the Dispute Resolution team⁠. Formerly Managing Partner of a leading international law firm in Thailand, he currently serves on several boards of publicly-listed Thai companies⁠. With over four decades of experience as a litigator on some of Thailand⁠’s most high-profile cases⁠, he brings his extensive litigation experience and management expertise to the firm’s market-recognised Dispute Resolution team⁠. “⁠We are delighted to welcome Prof⁠. Piphob and his team, which brings decades of experience advising on complex tax matters⁠, helping Thai and international companies navigate the intricacies of the Revenue Code⁠....

  Skadden International Litigation and Arbitration partner Sharmistha Chakrabarti moves to its Singapore office from the firm’s New York office, where she has been based since 2012. Fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali, Chakrabarti is a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore. She is admitted in India and New York, and as a solicitor in England and Wales. Chakrabarti advises clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, oil and gas, technology, media and cryptocurrencies. She also provides strategic advice on structuring transactions, including counseling companies on risk assessment and management of counterparties in the context of potential disagreements and disputes, and optimizing dispute resolution clauses for those transactions. Moreover, she regularly advises on the protection of global investments under international treaties and conflict of laws issues. Chakrabarti regularly writes and speaks on panels in New York, Singapore and India on salient topics, such as the interplay of insolvency and arbitration. She is a Co-Convenor of ROAP Americas, a member of the New York International Arbitration Center, and a former judicial clerk of the Supreme Court of India. She earned her LLM from Harvard Law School (Dean’s Scholar Prize for Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration), and her BA LLB (Hons) from The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. “This move represents an exciting opportunity to deepen my engagement with clients and colleagues across Asia and other key jurisdictions,” said Chakrabarti. “I am honored to join my colleagues in Singapore, where I am eager to contribute to the firm’s dynamic practice in the region.” “Sharmistha’s relocation to our Singapore office reflects the Firm’s dedication to...