Singapore-based Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow has appointed corporate specialist Sze-Shing Tan as principal from Clifford Chance.
Previously with CC in Singapore and London, Tan’s expertise includes M&A, joint ventures, restructuring and other corporate transactions, with a focus on energy and resources as well as financial institutions.
She also has experience in other sectors, such as including information technology and communications, consumer goods and retail, and healthcare.
One Essex Court, a commercial set of barristers' chambers in London, has announced that Paul Tan, former partner and head of arbitration for Asia at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has joined its ranks as an international counsel and arbitrator.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has hired international arbitration expert Rob Palmer as a partner from rival Ashurst to boost its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has strengthened its Hong Kong funds practice with the hire of Helen Wang as a partner from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel.