Virtus Law, the Singapore alliance firm of Stephenson Harwood has hired disputes specialist Terence Seah as a partner from Shook Lin & Bok.

Seah’s litigation experience involves complex financial products and he also specializes in commercial and regulatory crime defence.

“We are delighted that Terence is joining our dispute resolution practice,” said Daryll Ng, managing partner of Virtus Law, in a statement. “Terence's experience complements our existing expertise well and we look forward to offering clients an even broader range of high quality advice."

Stephenson Harwood and Virtus Law combined now have 15 partners and 31 other fee-earners.