Clyde & Co has hired Clifford Chance’s co-head of Greater China arbitration Patrick Zheng, as the firm continues to ramp up its PRC offering.

Zheng, who joined the magic circle firm in January 2011 from Herbert Smith Freehills, has been appointed Beijing office managing partner at Clydes, to work alongside chief representative and energy and infrastructure partner Lynia Lau and employment partner Iris Duchetsmann.