Mayer Brown, which suffered a string of partner departures in Hong Kong last year, has hired corporate partner Steven Tran from Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong.

Tran specialises in private equity, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. Last year, he advised London-based private equity firm Permira and its portfolio company Tricor Group, a Hong Kong-based back-office service provider, on Tricor’s acquisition of financial and corporate services provider Madison Pacific Group.