Holman Fenwick Willan has hired partners David Brotherton and Justin Sun for its Singapore aviation practice. They join the firm from Berwin Leighton Paisner, along with five associates. Mr Brotherton and Mr Sun are recognised names in the Asian asset finance sector and experts in aviation finance; they have also handled a number of Islamic finance transactions.
The firm has been making substantial investments in building its international finance capability and the hire of Mr Brotherton and Mr Sun follows on from a number of other recent important hires into the team, including Shyamal Jeewoolall (Singapore), Haydn Dare (Indonesia) and Leigh Borrello (Sydney/Singapore).
Morrison & Foerster has appointed Vivian Yiu as a partner in Hong Kong to boost the firm's M&A capability. Ms Yiu, who has significant experience in capital markets offerings and China focused M&A matters, joins from Allen & Overy.
Ince & Co has appointed Tom Briggs as a partner in Dubai. Mr Briggs joins from Charles Russell Speechlys, where he was head of corporate/commercial in the firm's Bahrain office and was primarily responsible for the development of the corporate, finance and commercial law practice in the Middle East.
Offshore specialist law firm Harneys has hired four lawyers for its Hong Kong office. They are ex-Walkers finance counsel Paul Sephton, who joins as a partner, and associates Leela Patel, James McKnight and Sharon Cong.
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