Big Four firm EY has added tax specialist James Choo as a partner in its Singapore office from Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, where he was a local principal.
Choo advises on tax issues, with focus on international tax aspects of cross-border transactions. Prior to EY, he spent the entirety of his career at Baker McKenzie, the bulk of it being in Singapore.
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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.