Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the third-ranked legal adviser on mergers and acquisitions has? hired Henry Ong and Jasson Han from London-based law firm Simmons & Simmons to target an increase in China-related deals.
Bloomberg reports
The New York-based firm will also expand to offer Hong Kong legal advice, which has become important with many Chinese transactions now having Hong Kong takeover code implications, according to Asia Managing Partner Akiko Mikumo.
Ong and Han add to Weil?s 30 lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Mikumo said today. Their arrival boosts the firm?s position in cross-border mergers and private equity transactions, according to Chairman Stephen Dannhauser.
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