Allen & Overy has hired capital markets partner Pallavi Gopinath Aney in Singapore from Baker McKenzie – a move designed to boost its India practice, which has lost lawyers in the past year.

U.K.-qualified Gopinath focuses on debt and equity offerings in India and southeast Asia. In 2017, she represented Indonesian state-run toll road operator PT Jasa Marga Persero Tbk on a $295 million London Stock Exchange-listed, rupiah-denominated (‘Komodo’) bond – the first such offering by an Indonesian issuer.