Reed Smith hires three new Asia partners

Reed Smith has taken on Gregory Wang as a partner in Hong Kong from Morrison & Foerster, and two local partners in Singapore - Calvin Chan from Skadden and Kohe Hasan from Oon & Bazul - as it looks at gaining Singaporean local law capability.

The firm's Singapore office has been on a recruitment drive since the beginning of this year leungchopan

Mr Wang advises clients across mainland China and in Hong Kong on capital markets transactions, domestic and outbound investment, private equity investments, M&A and public company advisory work. With his arrival, Reed Smith’s Hong Kong office (which operates as Reed Smith Richards Butler) has more than 100 lawyers.

Developing Singapore law capability

Mr Chan specialises in international commercial arbitration and disputes, and advises clients in relation to investigations and FCPA matters. Ms Hasan is also an international commercial arbitration and disputes lawyer, primarily advising clients in disputes in the infrastructure, shipping, energy, mining and commodities sectors, with a focus on Indonesia, Malaysia and the Indochina region. With the addition of Mr Chan and Ms Hasan, Reed Smith now has 19 lawyers in Singapore, including nine partners. Source: Asian Legal Business

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