Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Richard Sharpe has joined the Firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Government and Internal Investigations Group. Mr. Sharpe joins Kirkland from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance. More >>

Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce that Eva Hucker at Baker McKenzie [in Hong Kong] has been promoted to Director – Global Corporate Real Estate, as of 1 January 2018. The newly created role is designed to underpin the Firm’s plan to grow and further strengthen its corporate real estate practice, with a strong focus on serving clients across the Firm’s prioritized industries, including the Consumer Goods & Retail and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Benjamin Su has rejoined the firm in Hong Kong as a partner in the Corporate Department. Su focuses on corporate and securities law matters, and represents both issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital markets transactions, including registered equity offerings, Rule 144A/Reg S equity and debt offerings, and private placements. Su joins Latham & Watkins from Kirkland & Ellis. Prior to Kirkland, Su was a partner at Latham. He also regularly executes PIPEs, convertible bonds offerings, and going private transactions. Su has deep experience in a broad range of industries, including technology, financial services, education, and renewable energy and has led a number of high profile IPOs in the region. More >>

Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Brian McKenna has joined the firm in Hong Kong as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice. Joining from Debevoise & Plimpton in Hong Kong, Mr. McKenna is a distinguished international lawyer who represents private equity sponsors, financial institutions and fund managers on corporate and investment transactions in both New York and Hong Kong across a wide range of industries, including insurance, financial services and TMT (telecommunications, media and technology). More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce Catherine McBride has joined the firm as a contentious regulatory partner in the Hong Kong office and will be a member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and the Financial Institutions Group. Ms. McBride is one of the most experienced contentious regulatory practitioners in Asia, and she brings expertise, insight, and solution-focused, practical advice to banking, private equity, and corporate clients in the region. She has many years of experience handling contentious matters, including regulatory proceedings, regulatory and criminal investigations, and civil claims across Asia Pacific. Most recently she served as Associate General Counsel, Head of Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement for North Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank based in Hong Kong. More >>

Henry Wheare, a noted intellectual property lawyer whose career has spanned more than four decades, has joined Nixon Peabody CWL in Hong Kong as a partner. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes Alice Huang as a partner in Hong Kong* focusing on fund formation and asset management regulatory and counseling advice. Ms. Huang adds to Morgan Lewis’s global strength in investment management and will help the firm further build on its private equity, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate practices in China. More >>

Global 50 law firm Goodwin announced today that partners Douglas Freeman and Victor Chen have joined the firm’s international Private Equity Practice in the Hong Kong office. Having worked together for many years, Freeman and Chen have developed a robust Asia-focused practice guiding private equity firms, investment banking firms, venture capital and institutional investors in connection with public and private M&A, securities offerings, financings, PIPEs and auctions in various industries. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes Charles Mo as a partner in Hong Kong*, where he will add dispute resolution, corporate investigations and compliance, and international arbitration capabilities to the firm’s existing services in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and other corporate and commercial matters. More >>