Howse Williams Bowers has boosted its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of Christopher Yu as a partner from Goodwin Procter.
A capital markets specialist, Yu advises private equity clients and Hong Kong companies on strategic investments in and outside Hong Kong and China.
Last September Goodwin Procter’s corporate duo Gloria Guolai Liu and Sue Yang left the firm’s Hong Kong office for DLA Piper.
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.