离岸律师事务所毅柏近日迎来陈希欣律师加盟，她将担任毅柏上海办事处合伙人，以及香港办事处法律事务经理。

陈律师此前在方达律师事务所香港办公室工作了逾8年时间，担任该所资深律师。她也拥有在欧华律师事务所、Fried Frank律师事务所，以及渣打银行的工作经历。

陈律师擅长股权资本市场、并购、外国投资、公司治理与合规的事宜及规管事务。她曾代表保荐人参与一系列制造业、食品、服装、环保等领域的中国内地及香港公司的香港IPO交易。

毅柏香港暨上海办事处管理合伙人布泰玮（David Bulley）律师表示：“陈律师的加入为本所企业法服务增添大量专业经验。陈律师于在岸法律领域，积累资深经验，曾在大型首发项目和复杂的企业法事务，出任牵头律师，代表企业客户、保荐人和投资者行事……我们预期，本所香港和上海办事处的业务会持续扩大，继续迎合客户对专业法律服务的需求。”

这是毅柏香港于过去一个月中迎来的第五位律师，也是毅柏自今年8月正式启动上海办事处离岸法律服务并招聘姚华律师后，迎来的第二位合伙人。

毅柏表示，该所“未来几个月可能会宣布更多位律师加盟香港办公室……上海办公室近期也会根据客户需求，人员有所扩充”。

Appleby adds Fangda cap mkts pro in HK, Shanghai

Offshore law firm Appleby has hired Kitty Chan as a partner in Shanghai and as registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong pending admission.

Chan joins from the Hong Kong office of PRC firm Fangda Partners, where she worked for more than eight years and left as a counsel. Her experience also includes stints at international firms DLA Piper and Fried Frank, and Standard Chartered Bank.

Chan has more than 15 years of experience specialising in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, corporate governance and compliance matters, and regulatory enforcement. She will act for corporate clients, sponsors and investors as lead counsel on large IPOs and complex corporate matters from Appleby's Hong Kong office.

“This hire marks the fifth hire by Appleby Hong Kong in the last month, and we expect more announcements in the coming months,” said David Bulley, the managing partner of Appleby’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. She also becomes the second lateral hire made by the firm, after Hannah Yao, in Shanghai, after that office launched its offshore legal services offering in August this year.