Lavan Legal has announced two new partners for its banking & finance team.

Jennifer Handz was most recently partner and managing director of Chadbourne & Parke, where she worked as a banking and finance specialist in the London and Moscow offices. She also managed the Moscow office for four years.

Meanwhile Ben Fong, who joined the firm last year from Allens Linklaters, will be focoussing on institutional and business banking transactions. Fong is a qualified chartered accountant and, before joining Allens, was a senior tax adviser at PwC in Melbourne and Perth.