Skip to main content

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired oil and gas lawyer Paul Greening from Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Greening advises state-owned and private oil and gas companies, project developers and private equity firms on energy-related M&A, oil and gas, utilities, infrastructure and energy projects.

Previously a senior associate at Vinson & Elkins in Hong Kong, Greening will join Akin Gump’s Hong Kong office on July 20, and is expected to relocate to the firm’s Singapore office before the end of the year.

“There is a very strong demand across Asia right now, particularly Southeast Asia, for the oil and gas industry knowledge that Paul possesses, and I am thrilled to welcome him to the team,” said Gregory Puff, Akin Gump’s Asia head, in a statement. 

 

Related Articles

Appointments

Hong Kong’s PC Woo welcomes back litigator in leadership role

by Sarah Wong |

Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow, who returns after a one-year stint at offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm.

Appointments

Links HK partner becomes MoFo's 2nd Asia PE hire in days

by Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week.

Appointments

SG: MoFo welcomes back PE heavyweight from Gibson Dunn

by Sarah Wong |

Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.