Global law firm Clyde & Co has launched an Asia-Pacific cyber-risk advisory practice to meet increasing client demand, hiring a senior cyber-risk specialist to lead the practice.

Chris McLaughlin joins from Aon, where he was head of Aon Cyber Solutions in Australia. His hire by Clyde & Co reflects the firm’s ongoing expansion of its global technology and cyber risk offering  to meet the rapidly increasing demand for cyber, privacy and digital advice, Clyde & Co said in a statement.