Colin Ng & Partners has hired Sean La’Brooy from Wee Tay & Lim as a partner to lead its new professional liability and insurance practice group.
La’Brooy specialises in professional (including medical) liability disputes, disciplinary proceedings, international arbitration, dispute resolution, construction and engineering, and insurance matters.
La Brooy’s appointment means Singapore-based Colin Ng & Partners now has 17 partners for a total of 50 lawyers.
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.