Ashurst has hired three partners in Asia and Australia to boost its corporate practice in the region.
In Hong Kong, the firm hired former Linklaters China capital markets partner Chik Pui Hong. Chik relocates from Linklaters’ office in Beijing, where he had been a partner advising Chinese companies on listings, offerings and related transactions on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Last year, he represented Hong Kong-listed Chinese insurer PICC Property and Casualty Co. on a $4 billion acquisition of shares in Hua Xia Bank Co. Ltd. from Deutsche Bank AG. In 2015, he also advised China International Capital Corp. as the financial adviser to the $26 billion merger between state-owned trainer makers China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp. Ltd.
