Mallesons Stephen Jaques has poached Denis Brock, one of Hong Kong’s most experienced commercial litigators from Clifford Chance in London, prompting chief executive partner Robert Milliner to label the hire ‘a coup’.

Brock has more than 20 years’ experience practising commercial litigation and arbitration both in London and Hong Kong. A graduate with honours from Buckingham College of the University of London 1981, he also attended the College of Law in London in 1983 and the University of Hong Kong in 1991.

He was most recently a partner in the London litigation and dispute resolution practice of Clifford Chance but was also formerly the managing partner of the same area of practice in Asia. Brock was based in Hong Kong from 1997 to 2006.

Brock who is due to commence with Mallesons in October 2010, said he was delighted to be returning to Asia.ALB

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