As the hiring market is starting to show signs of picking up so too were the number of partner moves this month in Hong Kong. We saw a number of Kirkland partners across various practice areas joining new firms including Herbert Smith Freehills, Jones Day, DLA Piper and Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP. In Singapore the boutique litigation firms are continuing to grow as well as further hires from Hogan Lovells and CMS Asia Pacific who have been expanding across the region.
| Partner | Practice Area | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Quinn | Litigation | Kirkland | HSF |
| Truman Mak | Litigation | Latham (associate) | HSF |
| Gaven Cheong | Funds | Tiang & Partners | Charles Russell Speechleys |
| James Ma | Banking & Finance | Paul Hastings | Jingtian & Gongcheng |
| Ming Kong | Corporate | Kirkland | Jones Day |
| Dominic Sze | Corporate | Sidley Austin (Counsel) | Jones Day |
| Gary Li | M&A/PE | Kirkland | Zhong Lun Law Firm |
| Michael Sinn | Finance | Reed Smith | Deacons |
| Crystal Li | Finance | Reed Smith (Counsel) | Deacons |
| Kris Daswani | Finance | Standard Chartered | David Cameron Law Office |
| Wang Shinong | Funds | Kirkland (Partner) | DLA (Counsel) |
| Iris Yeng | Corporate | A&O Shearman | John Swire & Sons |
| Partner | Practice Area | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ying Yi Liew | Financial Regulatory | Baker Mckenzie | CMS |
| Max Lim | Shipping | Rajah & Tann | Pennington Manches Cooper |
| Charmian Aw | Data Privacy | Squire Patton Boggs | Hogan Lovells |
| Ng Pei Tong | Corporate | Drew & Napier | Covenant Chambers |
| Andy Ferris | Debt capital markets | Hogan Lovells | KWM |
| Gary Beh | Corporate | Linklaters (Counsel) | Withers KhattarWong |
| Colin Liew | Litigation | Duxton Hill Chambers | Providence Law Asia |
| Muralli Rajaram | Litigation | K&L Straits Law | Sreenivasan Chambers (Director) |
About the author
Camilla is the Founder and Managing Director of Worthington Legal. She has over 18 years of legal experience, initially as a lawyer in a top city law firm in London before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. Camilla regularly presents at partner strategy meetings, advises on market trends and hiring strategies and mentors lawyers at all career stages, both professionally and with the Women in Law Mentoring Programme.
