Latham & Watkins has hired commercial litigation partner Dominic Geiser as a partner in Hong Kong from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF). At Latham, Geiser will be a member of the complex commercial litigation practice.
Geiser, who has been with HSF for the entirety of his career, specialises in banking, financial and IPO-related litigation, disputes involving investors, shareholders, joint ventures, equity valuations, and intellectual property, fraud and money laundering claims, and insolvency and arbitration-related litigation. He becomes Latham’s 11th partner in Hong Kong.
With Geiser departing HSF, the firm has welcomed back commercial litigator Rachael Shek as a partner in Hong Kong. She was most recently a partner at Clyde & Co.
In its January/February issue this year, ALB named Geiser one of Asia’s Top 15 Litigators. Geiser also made ALB’s Asia 40 Under 40 list in 2018. He was promoted at partner at HSF in 2014, at the age of 32.
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