Shearman & Sterling has hired a Hong Kong corporate and securities partner after losing the majority of its local law capital markets team to Chinese and other global firms.
Max Hua will arrive from Haiwen & Partners, where he has been a partner for the past two years. Hua, who is a native Mandarin Chinese speaker, advises on Hong Kong listings, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance transactions related to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Before joining Haiwen in 2017, he practiced with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as an associate for six years.
