Mayer Brown announced today that Allison Lee has joined its Corporate & Securities practice as a partner. With 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies and private equity firms in connection with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, distribution arrangements and secondary sale transactions across Asia, Ms. Lee joins from Debevoise & Plimpton where she was a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and Private Equity and M&A Groups in Hong Kong.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that market-leading public and private M&A partner Alex Bidlake will join the firm’s Asia Pacific Corporate practice, based in Hong Kong. Bidlake joins the Clifford Chance from the Hong Kong office of Linklaters.

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Dentons Hong Kong LLP is further expanding its banking and finance, capital markets and corporate finance capabilities with the addition of veteran, highly respected and well known practitioner, Nicholas Chua, as a partner. Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas was the Head of Legal of CIMB Bank in Hong Kong and the Global Head of Legal, Investment Banking of CIMB in the region, having worked in the banking industry for some 20 years. While moving back to private practice, Nicholas will continue to assist Dentons Hong Kong and the Dentons Regional and International platform, further enhancing the firm’s reputation as a leading banking, finance and corporate finance global law firm. The team managed by Nicholas was previously named in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Hong Kong Teams and he was part of the team that was recognised as Team of the Year – Banking, Asia at the Inhouse Community Counsels Awards.

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Akin today announced that Tarun Warriar has joined as a partner in the firm’s special situations & private credit team. Tarun is based in Akin’s Hong Kong office and joins from Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, where he was a managing director.

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