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Tanner De Witt announces with great pleasure the appointment of technology law veteran Nigel Stamp as Foreign Legal Consultant. The appointment was effective Monday 25 January 2021. Nigel’s addition to the firm is part of Tanner De Witt’s committed focus on the fast-growing areas of technology and privacy law in Hong Kong and the surrounding […]

Tokyo member firm Atsumi & Sakai is pleased to announce its merger with fellow Tokyo-based law firm Atsumi Law Office; the merger will enhance Atsumi & Sakai’s offerings in the fields of white collar crime and crisis management, and add capabilities in advising high-net-worth individuals in areas such as divorce, inheritance and family/private disputes. The […]

Chirgwin Law Firm partners were highlighted in the legal guide Best Lawyers, which ranks legal professionals according to the opinions of their peers. Andrés Chirgwin was recognized for his practice in the area of Project Finance and Development Practice and Hernán Peñafiel in the areas of International Arbitration and Litigation.  

Chirgwin Abogados recognized by LL National 2020. Latin Lawyer National profiles a broad range of law firms, including boutique and multi-disciplinary firms, offering advice on cross-border deals as well as those focused on domestic transactions with wider geographic coverage and deep local knowledge. (https://latinlawyer.com/ll-national/firms/1233490/chirgwin-penafiel)

In order to strengthen our presence in Central America, we are happy to share the news of the opening of new headquarters in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. This new office is part of our “key location strategy”, which benefits our clients and contributes efficiency to the operation of our firm. Our new team specializes in […]

September 18, 2020 should be considered a historical milestone for the theme privacy and data protection in Brazil. It is the day when the General Data Protection Law, the so-called LGPD, finally came into force. Read the full article here:

Read the update “Mandatory BIS compliance for Toy Manufacturers & Importers” authored by our Partner, Sidhartha Srivastava and Associate, Yasmeen Mohd. Sabir. Read the full update here.

Read the article “Is India poised to become a Global Manufacturing Hub” authored by our Co-Managing Partner, Nusrat Hassan and Partner, Vijay Sureka. India has climbed a significant 14 ranks from 2019 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020 survey and now stands at 63, amongst 190 countries. Read the full article here.

Tanner De Witt announces with great pleasure the appointment of Kevin Warburton as Partner to join our arbitration practice. The appointment is effective today, Monday 7 September 2020. Download a PDF copy of this press release at this link.

Timelines For The Making Of An Arbitral Award In View Of The Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 – The Continuing Saga Of Retrospective Applicability By Live Law – dated 10th September 2020 Read the article authored by our Partner, Milanka Chaudhury & Principal Associate, Naina Dubey published on Live Law here.

Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce that it is retaining 100% of its trainees who are due to qualify in 2020, after all three trainees have accepted solicitor positions with the firm. The trainees joining Tanner De Witt as associates are: Josephine Zhou Ling Meng Raymond Ko Josephine received a Bachelor […]

The Link Legal team was represented by Vinu Peter Immanuel (Associate Partner), Pragathi P (Senior Associate Analyst). Check out the coverage here.

We are pleased to share that our Firm has been ranked in Banking and Project Finance practice areas in the first group of national rankings published by the prestigious IFLR1000 Asia Pacific 2021 edition.

Link Legal team was represented by Pratyush Khurana (AssociatePartner) and Aditi Sharma (Associate). Check out the coverage here.

We are proud and honoured to announce that our Managing Partner, Atul Sharma has been recognised as “Litigation Star” in Commercial and Transactions in the prestigious Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020 Edition. The firm has also been ranked in the following Practice Areas: Commercial and Transactions Competition/Antitrust Construction Government and regulatory Insolvency  International Arbitration Check out the rankings here.