Andrew Tjaardstra

Corporate lawyer Shu Du is joining the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to launch the practice.

The SPV is one of the largest syndicated loan facilities arranged for a Malaysian unlisted company and will help expand the country's digital capabilities.

Brookfield is committing $450m towards the deal, which includes industrial and logistics assets in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Chennai and Kolkata.

Citi has named Hajime Higuchi as head of M&A and Yoshinobu Agu as head of sponsor coverage for Japan.

KKR has bought an Indian logistics firm and sold Korean and Japanese terminal businesses.

The HK$20bn issuance, denominated in multiple currencies, is a global record for the largest digital bond.

Vikas Arora is returning to the country with the German lender to replace Dino Siason.

Jonathan Chu is joining the global law firm in Hong Kong as a partner this week.

The investment banking arm has named a co-head of Japan FIG and a head of Asia ex-China FIG, who will also lead Apac insurance.

The Japanese firm will invest $700m into the Philippines conglomerate as the two entities eye growth in infrastructure, energy, real estate, digital technologies, mobility and logistics.