Pillsbury has appointed intellectual property litigators Chris Kao and David Tsai as partners in its San Francisco office from Vinson & Elkins. Kao and Tsai will assist in opening Pillsbury’s Taipei office later this year.

Slaughter and May has hired investigations and litigation lawyer Wynne Mok as a partner in Hong Kong from the city’s Securities and Futures Commission, where she was a director of enforcement.

Singapore law firm RHTLaw Taylor Wessing has added dispute resolution specialist Luo Ling Ling as a partner from local boutique Aequitas Law.

Japanese firm Nishimura & Asahi has hired Lars Markert as a foreign law counsel in its Tokyo office from German firm Gleiss Lutz, where he was an associate partner in the Stuttgart office.

Singapore boutique firm TSMP Law Corporation has hired litigation expert Adrian Tan as a partner in its dispute resolution practice from Morgan Lewis Stamford, where he was a director.

Clifford Chance has hired Peter Coney as head of its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Tokyo from Japanese firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, where he was a foreign law partner.