Bird & Bird has hired arbitration specialist Jonathan Choo as a partner in Singapore from Olswang.
Choo, who has had prior stints with Drew & Napier and DLA Piper, advises clients from industries such as TMT, finance, construction, insurance and aviation. He has has handled commercial disputes for clients based in Asia, Europe and the United States, and is also on the SIAC (reserve) and KLRCA panel of arbitrators.
Hong Kong law firm PC Woo & Co. has appointed two new managing partners: Litigator Calvin Chow, who returns after a one-year stint at offshore firm Harneys, and Gary Wong, a long-standing corporate partner at the firm.
U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has hired private equity and U.S. public M&A expert Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Linklaters, making its second lateral hire in the private equity space in Asia within just a week.
Global law firm Morrison Foerster has announced that private equity veteran Scott Jalowayski will rejoin the firm as a partner in Singapore. Jalowayski most recently co-chaired the global private equity group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.