ASIA
The summer has been quiet, with just a handful of moves in Asia's lateral market. A new firm has emerged in India, headed up by a former executive director of legal affairs and enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Sandeep Parekh has established boutique financial outfit Finsec Law Advisors along with senior advisor KD Zacharias, the former legal head of the Reserve Bank of India. Bangalore-based private-equity specialist Kartik Ganapathy has traded Nishith Desai for Indus Law, where he joins the M&A group.
In Hong Kong, Davis Polk & Wardwell launched its Hong Kong law practice, after hiring Bonnie Chan from the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Antony Dapiran from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Their arrival this autumn, coupled with the Hong Kong law qualification of 15 lawyers in its Hong Kong office, will enable Davis Polk to offer clients...