Herbert Smith Freehills promotes five to counsel in Asia

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Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted five Asia lawyers to counsel, as part of the firm's 36-counsel global promotion round.

These promotions follow the announcement of Singapore private capital specialists Victor Chiew and Salonika Kataria's promotion to partnership last week.

"This year's new counsel span our practices and regions, with talented individuals from China, Southeast Asia and North Asia," said Asia managing partner May Tai.

"These counsel and partner promotions from within, combined with 12 partner hires in the past 18 months, demonstrate our ongoing Asia expansion."

Our new Asia counsel from 1 May 2023 and their principal areas of practice are:

NAME	OFFICE	SPECIALISM
Francis Greenway	Singapore	Disputes/International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation
Elisa Hayashi	Tokyo	Corporate/Cross Border M&A and Joint Ventures
Simone Hui*	Hong Kong	Disputes/Financial Services Regulatory
Jessica Loy	Singapore	Core Finance
Joel Rheuben	Tokyo	Cross-Border Competition Law

*Simone's title will be Senior Consultant to meet local regulations.

Key Contacts

If you have any questions, or would like to know how this might affect your business, phone, or email these key contacts.

May is a leading arbitration practitioner, with particular expertise in cross-border China-related and Asian disputes and contentious regulatory matters.

Key Services

International Arbitration

Dispute Resolution

Key Sectors

Energy

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

+852 21014031

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Fatim leads the Employment, Pensions and Incentives team in Singapore.

Key Services

Employment, Pensions and Incentives

Remuneration and Incentives

Key Sectors

Oil and Gas

Financial Institutions

+65 68689822

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An energy projects and M&A specialist, Andrew leads the firm's market-leading Corporate practice in Asia and is the Managing Partner of the Herbert Smith Freehills Tokyo office.

+81 3 5412 5455

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Matt leads our business in China, and specialises in corporate finance work, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Financial Institutions

Banks

+852 21014101

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