Clifford Chance Beijing financial regulatory partner Yang Tiecheng has left the firm to join China’s Han Kun Law Offices.

Yang, who led a rare China financial regulatory practice for Clifford Chance, advises foreign financial institutions on Chinese programs such as the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor, which allows foreign investors to buy Chinese stocks in mainland China, and the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors, which allows Chinese investors to buy securities in overseas markets.