Baker McKenzie added Victoria Lloyd, Lex Kuo and Kenneth Ching as partners in its Hong Kong office, and also welcomed Zhang Li as a special counsel in Beijing.
Capital markets and M&A lawyer Lloyd joined from Ropes & Gray, where she was a partner. She has more than 25 years of experience advising major Chinese and multinational corporations, investments banks and private equity investors.
Media and entertainment lawyer Kuo rejoined the firm from Latham & Watkins, where he was a counsel in Hong Kong. He also has experience as in-house counsel at the Walt Disney Company in Beijing, and in hosting and producing radio programmes.
Leveraged and acquisition finance lawyer Ching joined from Shearman & Sterling, where he was a counsel. Ching has represented banks, credit funds and alternative capital providers, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers on a variety of large-cap and middle-market financing transactions.
Zhang joined from Covington, where she was an of counsel. She has extensive experience in international energy and infrastructure projects with a focus on nuclear, renewable, hydro power, thermal power, and transmission and distribution networks.
