Former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Beijing partner Shaolin Luo has joined private equity client YunFeng Capital as general counsel.

Corporate-focused Luo has long handled M&A and private equity investments related to China. Luo co-led the Simpson Thacher team – with co-head of the Wall Street firm’s M&A practice Alan Klein – that advised state-owned China National Chemical Corp on its $43bn (£32bn) acquisition of Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta AG.