The two partners involved are Douglas Freeman - former Asia head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson -  and Victor Chen. Their arrival will strengthen the M&A team at Paul Hastings. The two lawyers have advised on several high profile, large deals in China in recent years. They worked on the US$1.5b purchase by Alibaba of AutoNavi Holdings, the digital mapping and navigation business. Their arrival at Paul Hastings will take the partner numbers to 16 in Hong Kong.

Disputes

Norton Rose has just announced that it is taking on the five-lawyer disputes team that was based in the Hong Kong office of Fried Frank. Source: Legal Business Online