Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bagged six new lawyers for its fledgling Beijing arm after a double raid on U.K. giants DLA Piper and Allen & Overy.

DLA Piper corporate partner Janet Jie Tang joins Akin Gump as a partner along with a three-lawyer team, comprising corporate lawyers Lu Ying and Zeng Linyan and intellectual property lawyer Wang Yuanming.