Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has boosted its China capital markets team with the hire of K&L Gates corporate partner Rose Zhu.

Zhu, who specialises in capital markets, M&A and bank financing transactions, has joined the US firm’s Beijing branch from K&L Gates’ local office, where she has spent around 18 months after moving from Allen & Overy (A&O) in August 2010.