Check out the latest moves in Hong Kong and Singapore this week.
Hong Kong
Ashurst has appointed Hong Kong partner Jini Lee as the firm’s new regional head of Asia, the second woman to lead the firm’s Asia practice. Hong Kong-based debt capital markets partner Jini Lee takes over as the new leader for the region; while financial regulations partner Evan Lam joins the firm in Singapore. (Legal Week, May 18)
Baker McKenzie has appointed leveraged finance specialist Kenneth Ching as a partner in Hong Kong from Shearman & Sterling, where he was a counsel. (ALB, May 19)
Singapore
Clifford Chance has added Shaun Langhorne as a partner in its international restructuring and insolvency team in Singapore. Langhorne is a senior practitioner with vast experience in complex, multi-stakeholder and cross-border restructuring matters, covering contentious and non-contentious situations across the Asia Pacific region. (In-house community, May 20)
