UK law firm Lewis Silkin has opened in Hong Kong as a Registered Foreign Law Firm, in a move aimed at growing the firm’s employment and global mobility offering in Asia. 

Immigration and global mobility partner Antonia Grant is heading the Hong Kong team, which also comprises senior associate Scott Anderson, a trainee, and other support staff.

Lewis Silkin’s new office – its first outside the UK – will work closely with a network of firms throughout Asia as part of the firm’s membership of Ius Laboris, a global alliance of employment, labour and pension law firms, the firm said in a statement.

“Given that many of our clients have significant business interests in the region, establishing a team [in Hong Kong] ensures that we are best positioned to support their ever-changing employment and global mobility needs across the region,” said Ian Jeffery, Lewis Silkin’s managing partner, in the statement.

The firm has 61 partners across four offices in London, Oxford, Cardiff and Hong Kong.