UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has added Richard Cheng Li as a partner and head of its healthcare and life sciences group in Hong Kong. Li was most recently chief legal officer of biotech firm I-Mab Biopharma.
UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has beefed up its partner strength in Asia by hiring Terence Seah in Singapore from Stephenson Harwood and Jeffrey Friedenberg as the head of its private funds practice in Hong Kong, and also relocating disputes partner Steven Kaye to Singapore from Hong Kong.
U.S. law firm Mayer Brown has hired partner Richard Nelson for its global energy practice from King & Spalding in London, marking the latest in a string of moves this week by senior energy lawyers with an Asia focus.