Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Ke Huang, Ruomu Li, and Lucy (Qiong) Lu have joined the firm as partners. Mr. Huang joins Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office in its Capital Markets practice. Mses. Li and Lu both join the firm’s Corporate practice, and are based in the Shanghai and Beijing offices, respectively. Between them, Mr. Huang, Ms. Li, and Ms. Lu bring to Morrison & Foerster a wealth of combined experience across Hong Kong and U.S. capital markets, and People’s Republic of China (PRC) corporate and Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) transactions. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Stephen Chan has joined as a partner in its litigation practice in the Hong Kong office of Reed Smith Richards Butler. Stephen was previously a dispute resolution partner in the Hong Kong office of Oldham, Lie & Nie. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2013, Stephen was with McVeagh Fleming in New Zealand. More >>

Mayer Brown announced that Sheng Wu has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in Hong Kong. He was previously a partner focused on China-related mergers and acquisitions with DLA Piper in Hong Kong. More >>

Dentons Hong Kong LLP is pleased to announce that Allan Leung, a widely recognized and respected litigation lawyer, and former partner of Hogan Lovells, will join the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Hong Kong effective on 27 May 2019. Following the recent arrival of partners Richard Keady and Robert Rhoda and their team from Bird & Bird, Allan’s appointment, as a Partner, will further strengthen the firm’s expertise and capabilities in commercial litigation, international arbitration and regulatory investigations in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that Khoon Jin (KJ) Tan has joined the firm’s Transactions Department in Hong Kong. KJ’s practice focuses on initial public offerings (IPOs) and compliance and will expand Winston’s capital markets and finance capabilities, specifically in Hong Kong, and across Asia and will attract companies for listing in the U.S. More >>

Cooley is continuing its global growth with the announcement of plans to launch in Hong Kong. Leading Hong Kong corporate lawyer Will Cai is joining the firm from Skadden, where he had been a partner since 2014. More >>

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce the expansion of its Corporate & Securities practice with the arrival of Steven Tran as a partner in Hong Kong. Mr. Tran, who was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and was most recently a partner at Hogan Lovells, is an accomplished private equity and M&A lawyer who has been based in Asia for nearly 20 years. He represents private equity funds, major financial institutions and corporations in a wide variety of complex multi-jurisdictional deals throughout the Asia-Pacific region. More >>

Global law firm Dechert LLP has added to its market-leading global litigation group with the hire of Maria Sit as partner in its Hong Kong office. Maria Joins the firm from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition in Hong Kong of four private equity partners, including leading private equity lawyer Daniel Yeh. The lawyers join White & Case from Ropes & Gray and include William Fong, Steven Sha, Paul Tang (based in Hong Kong in due course) and Daniel Yeh, who join as partners, with Daniel appointed Head of Private Equity in Asia-Pacific.  More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of corporate partner Anthony Chan, who has joined the firm from the Hong Kong office of Stephenson Harwood. More >>