Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
Maria Tan Pedersen, co-head of the firm’s emerging markets product line, discusses market trends and how gender diversity can help tip the balance in panel appointments
Partners at Hogan Lovells Hong Kong, Allen & Gledhill Singapore, and Baker McKenzie Japan share insights on the 2026 outlook for private credit market in the APAC region
AP & Partners is pleased to announce that Lagna Panda has joined the firm as a Partner, further strengthening its growing practice in competition law and data-related matters.
VILAF extends our congratulations to the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) on the signing of the €67 million (approximately USD75 million) loan agreement for the funding of the expansion and modernisation of power transmission grids in Vietnam.
Kim & Chang secured a complete victory for a leading Korean mobility platform company (the “Plaintiff”) in a lawsuit against the Korea Fair Trade Commission (the “KFTC”). The lawsuit sought to revoke the KFTC’s corrective order and a fine of approximately KRW 27.1 billion. The KFTC had argued that the Plaintiff abused its market dominance by using an algorithm to unfairly favor its member taxis. The Seoul High Court accepted our arguments and overturned the KFTC’s dispositions entirely.
