DLA Piper attorney Alastair Da Costa will become the firm’s managing director of Asia next year when Nick Seddon steps down from the role and eventually leaves the firm in May “to pursue opportunities outside the firm,” DLA Piper said in a release.

Da Costa, who is currently the head of the firm’s corporate group for Europe Middle East and Africa, will move to Asia from London to take the new post and work closely with Seddon in the transition, the firm said.