Magic Circle law firm Linklaters has hired Roger Cheng as a partner from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, where he was head of the takeovers team. He will start at Linklaters in August.

Eversheds Sutherland appointed John Siu as a partner in its Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team in Hong Kong.

Clifford Chance has appointed regulatory and enforcement expert Jimmy Chan in Hong Kong office from the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), where he was a director and head of the International and Policy team within the Enforcement Division.

Slaughter and May has hired investigations and litigation lawyer Wynne Mok as a partner in Hong Kong from the city’s Securities and Futures Commission, where she was a director of enforcement.

Following a weak 2016, the Asia-Pacific IPO market is set to bounce back this year. ALB asks lawyers in key markets to predict trends they expect to see in that space.

Hong Kong's securities regulator has filed a suit against Standard Chartered Plc, UBS Group AG and four other parties over the 2009 IPO of timber company China Forestry Holdings Co Ltd, according to court documents.