DLA Piper Recruits Arbitration Co-Head in Singapore

By Tom Brennan All Articles 

The Asian Lawyer

January 11, 2013

DLA Piper has recruited a partner to lead an international arbitration practice out of its Singapore office.

Yu Jin Tay, formerly a counsel with Shearman & Sterling and head of that firm's Asia international arbitration practice, will serve as co-chair of DLA Piper's global international arbitration group with London partner Matthew Saunders and New York partner Claudia Salomon.

Tay joined Shearman's Singapore office in 2001. He worked closely with former partner John Savage, who left in 2010 to become Singapore managing partner and head of the Asia arbitration practice for King & Spalding.

Before joining Shearman, Tay worked as a military prosecutor and legal counsel to Singapore's Ministry of Defense. He also trained as a barrister with Fountain Court Chambers in London.

With the addition of Tay, DLA Piper will have 21 lawyers, including seven partners, in its Singapore office. The firm has 4,200 lawyers worldwide.

Linklaters Amsterdam Partner Joins DLA Piper in Sydney

By Jessica Seah All Articles 

The Asian Lawyer

November 19, 2012

Linklaters Amsterdam partner Onno Bakker is leaving the Magic Circle firm to join the Sydney office of DLA Piper early next year.

Bakker, who heads the Netherlands finance practice at Linklaters, specializes in syndicated lending and acquisition finance. He primarily advises international investment banks and sponsors on complex cross-border transactions.

Last year, Bakker led a team of lawyers advising Dutch financial services group ING Groep N.V. as coordinator and banks ABN Amro Group N.V. and Rabobank N.V. as agents on a $798 million refinancing facility for construction company Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V.

Bakker is qualified in both the U.K. and Australia, and previously worked for a year as an associate at Clayton Utz before joining Linklaters in 2002. He was first based in Linklaters' London office and later moved to Amsterdam with the firm in 2004. Bakker became a partner in 2007.

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