Hogan Lovells has hired M&A lawyer Steven Tran from Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Tran specialises in private equity and M&A across a range of sectors, and has advised private equity houses, funds and corporates on domestic and multi-jurisdictional cross-border transactions.
Tran’s appointment follows Hogan Lovells’ hire of Hong Kong TMT partner Mark Parsons from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in January.
Hogan Lovells now has 20 partners at its Hong Kong office.
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.