Zhong Lun Law Firm has hired corporate finance specialist Victor Pang as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Previously a counsel in Reed Smith’s Beijing office, Pang focuses on corporate finance and M&A work. He also advises both Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies on their overseas listings, acquisitions and investments.
With the addition of Pang, Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong office now has 12 partners.
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.