U.K. shipping firm Hill Dickinson has hired Kurt Lau as a corporate partner in Hong Kong from Eversheds Sutherland, where he was a consultant.

Lau focuses on initial public offerings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures. Last year, he advised Lego Corporate Finance Ltd. as the sole sponsor on a $13 million initial public offering in Hong Kong of bubble tea maker B & S International Holdings Ltd.