Simmons & Simmons has hired investment funds specialist Gaven Cheong as a partner at its Hong Kong office.
Previously a counsel with Sidley Austin in Hong Kong, Cheong focuses on the creation and structuring of investment funds, as well as regulatory work.
Prior to joining Sidley Austin in 2006, Cheong worked at the Hong Kong offices of Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills.
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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.