Clifford Chance has hired corporate specialist Frank Yuen as a partner in its Hong Kong office from local firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo (WKLL).
Yuen’s principal practice areas include corporate matters including capital markets, listings, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions, and listed companies’ compliance. He became a partner at WKLL in 1997.
With the new addition, Clifford Chance will have 34 corporate partners in the APAC region.
Lateral hiring dried up a little bit in December, but three Indian law firms still brought in partners. Dentons Link Legal landed its seventh of the year, while Lumiere Law Partners lost three more.
Malaysian firm LAW Partnership, which specialises in IP and disputes, has strengthened its corporate offering after hiring Raphael Tay as the head of its corporate and commercial practice in Kuala Lumpur from Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill.
Hong Kong firm Oldham, Li & Nie Lawyers (OLN) has hired Simon WH Wong as a partner in its corporate and commercial practice from Bird & Bird, where he was a counsel.