Hogan Lovells is strengthening its International Arbitration (IA) practice in Hong Kong with the hire of partner James Kwan. More >>

Locke Lord LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its global Energy Practice team with the appointment of Jack Su as a Partner in the Firm’s Energy Practice Group. He is based in Locke Lord’s Hong Kong office. More >>

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sébastien Evrard will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Previously with Jones Day, Evrard will continue his antitrust and competition practice. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce the appointment of William Ku as a debt capital markets partner, based in its Hong Kong office. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, today announced that fund formation lawyer Jason R. Nelms has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in its Corporate Department. Mr. Nelms has more than 10 years of relevant experience in both Asia and the U.S., and joins Morrison & Foerster from Proskauer Rose in New York. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that David Irvine has joined the Firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Debt Finance Practice Group. Mr. Irvine has extensive experience on large cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing transactions, as well as on a variety of structured and secured lending transactions and restructurings. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Yilong Du has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Du has extensive experience advising on equity capital markets transactions in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Over the years, Du has advised leading Chinese blue chip companies, many of the most active state-owned enterprises and a number of the largest private companies in China. More >>

Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Stephen Moll and Jim Cooper as partners in its Insurance Recovery Group. The two will join the firm’s Houston office from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in Houston, where they co-led that firm’s Policyholder Insurance Coverage Group for more than 15 years. More >>

International law firm Ashurst has strengthened its debt capital markets team with the appointment of Jini Lee as a partner in its Hong Kong-based Securities & Derivatives Group. More >>