UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has added Richard Cheng Li as a partner and head of its healthcare and life sciences group in Hong Kong. Li was most recently chief legal officer of biotech firm I-Mab Biopharma.

Simmonds Stewart launched in Singapore last March, joining a handful of New Zealand-based law firms that have opened an office in the city-state. CEO Victoria Stewart tells ALB about the firm's SG market entry and expansion plans.

New Zealand technology law firm Simmonds Stewart will open an office in Singapore in February 2017, becoming one of the first firms from the country to do so.