DLA Piper<\/a> has added Jake Robson<\/a> as a partner in its Singapore office, continuing the firm\u2019s run of senior lateral hires across the region this year.<\/p>\n Robson joins from Greenberg Traurig, where he spent more than two years as co-managing shareholder and head of the firm\u2019s South and Southeast Asia M&A practice. His move follows a well-travelled path through the region\u2019s top international firms: before Greenberg Traurig, he was a partner at King & Wood Mallesons, and earlier still held partner roles at Morrison & Foerster and Norton Rose Fulbright.<\/p>\n A Cross-Border Corporate Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n Robson\u2019s work centres on advising strategic and private capital clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions across South and Southeast Asia. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investment and financial services deals, with a concentration in technology, telecommunications, digital infrastructure, fintech and insurance. Those sectors have driven much of the region\u2019s recent deal activity. His transaction history includes large-scale investments, infrastructure projects and multi-jurisdictional M&A mandates.<\/p>\n Firm Leadership on the Hire<\/strong><\/p>\n DLA Piper\u2019s Asia regional managing partner, Satpal Gobindpuri<\/a>, said the appointment addresses rising client demand for sophisticated cross-border advice in the region, pointing to Robson\u2019s experience across M&A, private capital and strategic investment work in the firm\u2019s target growth sectors. Jon Kenworthy<\/a>, global co-chair of DLA Piper\u2019s corporate group, added that Robson\u2019s background in high-growth sectors strengthens the firm\u2019s ability to support clients navigating transformation across Asia.<\/p>\n Gobindpuri also signalled that the Robson hire is not a one-off, noting that Asia remains a core growth market and that the firm intends to keep investing in talent there to meet evolving client needs.<\/p>\n Part of a Broader Asia Build-Out<\/strong><\/p>\n Robson\u2019s arrival lands the same year DLA Piper<\/a> made a high-profile capital markets play in Hong Kong, recruiting Sherlyn Lau<\/a>, previously of Sidley Austin, as head of capital markets and corporate finance for Asia-Pacific, along with a 12-lawyer team. Taken together, the two moves point to a firm actively reinforcing its regional corporate and capital markets bench at a moment when Singapore has cemented its role as DLA Piper\u2019s strategic hub for Asia-Pacific dealmaking.<\/p>\n Jake Robson joins DLA Piper.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/asialawportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jake-Robson_DLA-Piper.jpg\")
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