Clyde & Co has hired energy specialist Richard Devine in Dubai as the head of its MENA oil and gas group from Baker Botts.
Devine, who was a partner with Baker Botts' global projects group, has more than 15 years of experience advising national and international oil companies, project sponsors and developers on Middle Eastern and international transactions. He advises on oil and gas matters, including upstream oil and gas, energy M&A, energy regulation and energy transportation.
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.