London-headquartered law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills HSF has announced the expansion of its Southeast Asia-focussed dispute services, through the recruitment of Daniel Chia and his legal team.
The new, commercial dispute-focussed hires will join Prolegis, the firm with which HSF established a Formal Law Alliance FLA in 2015, to build the practice’s inaugural litigation services capability from April. Chia is set to onboard first, while his team of three lawyers, Jonathan Tang, Yanguang Ker and Charlene Wee, will follow in May as directors and associate respectively, subject to regulatory approvals.
According to LinkedIn, the team joins from the Singapore base of rival US-headquartered...