Baker & McKenzie has expanded its Hong Kong office by hiring employment partner Rowan McKenzie from Linklaters and competition partner Stephen Crosswell from Clifford Chance.

The firm has also hired employment law specialist Catherine Leung from Howse Williams Bowers.

McKenzie, who was head of Linklaters’ employment and incentives practice, advises on employment structures, mobility arrangements, policy creation and implementation, confidentiality provisions and restrictive covenants, share option and bonus schemes, global incentive plans, sexual harassment claims, redundancy programmes and incentives-related litigation.

He has acted for domestic conglomerates, investment banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity firms and brokerages.

Crosswell, who joins Baker & McKenzie as a competition partner, was head of Clifford Chance’s antitrust and competition practice in Hong Kong. He advises on antitrust audits and compliance, industry regulation, competition policy and litigation, judicial review, price fixing, merger clearance and antitrust advisory matters.

He has acted for domestic and international clients in the TMT, energy, infrastructure, property and retail sectors.

The appointments of McKenzie and Crosswell, means Baker & McKenzie now has 47 partners in its Hong Kong office.