Ashurst has boosted its financial services regulatory practice with the hire of Ben Hammond from Slaughter and May as a partner in Hong Kong.

Ashurst had expanded its Hong Kong office by hiring capital markets partner Anna-Marie Slot from White & Case, where she led the firm’s regional high-yield practice.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has advised Banglalink Digital Communications, the second-largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh, on its $300 million senior notes offering due 2019 on the Singapore Exchange.