Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Linklaters capital markets partner Arun Balasubramanian to co-head its India practice from its recently relaunched Singapore base.

Balasubramanian (pictured), who is US-qualified and specialises in high-profile securities offerings by Indian companies, joins Freshfields in the island city-state this month to work alongside the firm’s India group chairman, London-based Pratap Amin.