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French investment bank Natixis CIB has appointed Thaddeus Tien and Omkar Joshi to strengthen its Asia M&A push, with both starting in June.

The partners all join from Shearman & Sterling. Their recruitment boosts Ashurst's capacity to address opportunities presented by the net zero transition.

FinanceAsia spoke to experts on how countries can balance their short-term energy needs with longer-term climate goals, in light of pressing energy security concerns and price volatility.

SocGen’s new senior leadership team eyes a strong energy and infrastructure deal pipeline in spite of challenging pricing. FA hears from the leaders on opportunity amid volatility.

Kay-Jannes Wegner is to join Mayer Brown’s Singapore office amid strong demand for LNG, energy and infrastructure-related arbitrations. His appointment, which also brings senior associate Edern Coënt, further strengthens the firm’s Korea-outbound capabilities.

The law firm has poached Crystal Chen from Linklaters, to ramp up its strategic effort across the energy and infrastructure sectors in the Greater Bay Area and the wider APAC region.

While political instability and conflict may mean that some markets miss out on the capital being deployed across the energy and infrastructure sectors, Mayer Brown partner, Myles Mantle told FinanceAsia that there is plenty keeping the Japan team busy.

Regional energy and infrastructure expert, Justin Tan joins the firm from Clyde & Co and shares with FA his thoughts on the impending challenges yet to emerge from the current energy crunch.

A White House executive order to lay out a national policy for digital assets should help boost credibility for cryptocurrencies, but concerns that decentralised finance technology can help evade sanctions still lingers for policymakers and investors.