International law firm Bird & Bird today appoints Michael Chik as a partner in its International Dispute Resolution Group, based in Hong Kong. Michael joins Bird & Bird from Norton Rose Fulbright in Hong Kong where he was a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution group. More >>

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Meng Ding has joined the firm in Hong Kong as a partner in its China Corporate and Finance group. Mr. Ding joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets practice group. More >>

Alvin So, an experienced solicitor and investment adviser in Hong Kong specialising in IPOs, M&A, regulatory compliance, corporate finance, and direct investment transactions, has joined Nixon Peabody CWL as a partner in Hong Kong. So comes to the firm from the Hong Kong office of Eversheds Sutherland. More >>

Allen & Overy has appointed leading restructuring specialist Ian Chapman, as partner of its Asia Pacific Restructuring and Recovery Group (RRG). Regarded as one of the region’s finest distressed debt lawyers, Ian brings over three decades of frontline experience advising on many of the most complex and high profile restructurings and insolvencies in Asia. Before joining A&O, Chapman was the CEO of Workout Investments Ltd in Hong Kong. More >>

Cooley is continuing its growth in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of corporate partner Ferish Patel, who will join in Hong Kong. He arrives from Gunderson Dettmer, where he served as head of the firm’s Singapore office. Cooley intends to continue its expansion into Southeast Asia and will pursue setting up a Singapore office to be led by Patel. The opening of such an office will be subject to obtaining regulatory and other approvals. More >>

Capital markets lawyer Michael Yu has joined Cooley as a partner based in Hong Kong, where he will team with leading Hong Kong corporate lawyer Will Cai and others. Yu arrives from Sidley Austin. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Mark West has joined as a partner in its litigation practice in its Hong Kong office. Mark has extensive experience in advising and representing Hong Kong listed companies, multinational companies and high net-worth individuals on a wide array of regulatory investigations, high-value and complex commercial litigation and arbitration, white collar crimes and fraud investigations and prosecution defense. Mark was previously co-head of regulatory at Kennedys in Hong Kong. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Guiping Lu as a corporate/capital markets partner in its Hong Kong office. Lu joins K&L Gates from the Hong Kong office of Beijing-based Haiwen & Partners. More >>