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.
UK-headquartered Bird & Bird has announced plans to launch a Tokyo office to be led by newly hired corporate partner Hiro Iwamura. Iwamura joins from Ashurst, where he headed the firm’s UK/European-Japanese practice.
Bird & Bird has recruited capital markets expert David Cheng as a partner in Hong Kong from Winston & Strawn, which recently shuttered its Hong Kong office.
Disputes expert Jonathan Choo, who was most recently a partner at Bird & Bird, has left to launch his own practice in Singapore.