Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired magic circle veteran and DLA’s former Asia-Pacific chief Bob Charlton, as head of its Asia practice and managing partner of the Hong Kong office.

Charlton, whose career includes stints at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance, joined DLA in 2009 as international group head of finance and projects, before taking the Asia-Pacific leadership role in 2012.