The Australian is reporting today that Mallesons Stephen Jaques has poached two senior lawyers from? Simmons & Simmons in a ‘significant boost to its Asian capital markets practice’
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here’s the report in full
Partner Sau-Wing Mak and consultant Kevin Tong will join the Mallesons Hong Kong office as partners next month.
Mallesons chief executive partner elect Stuart Fuller said the pair would bolster the firm?s presence in a busy market.
“Sau-Wing and Kevin bring significant expertise and a depth of client relationships across the region, further reflecting Mallesons’ commitment to Asia and cementing our reputation as a leading law firm in the Asian region,” he said.
Mallesons banking partner Richard Mazzochi said: “We have a market-leading derivatives, retail and wholesale structured products and securities regulation practice in Asia. Sau-Wing and Kevin are highly respected lawyers in this market and we’re delighted that we can add their skill set to our existing offering to clients.”
Mak is an expert in retailed structured products and derivatives and was involved in the development of Hong Kong’s retail structured products market.
Tong has extensive experience in equity derivative and financial products, retail bonds and capital markets.
