Ashurst has lured counsel Waltter Kulvik from Sidley Austin as a corporate partner in Singapore.

Kulvik specialises in advising private equity firms, funds and investment banks on cross-border transactions in the infrastructure, power and real estate sectors. In 2017, he was part of the team that represented a BlackRock-advised fund on a $1.5bn sale of an office tower in Singapore’s financial district to local real-estate investment trust CapitaLand Commercial Trust.