DLA Piper has appointed US M&A partner Paul Chen as its new head of corporate in Asia, replacing Mabel Lui, who joined Winston & Strawn with a three-lawyer team last week.

Chen, who is currently based in DLA’s Silicon Valley office, will relocate to Hong Kong in June this year, joining a team of 21 partners and two other regional practice heads in the city, namely head of Asia tax Daniel Chan and head of Asia restructuring Mark Fairbairn.