中伦律师事务所近日迎来前凯易律师事务所合伙人李光律师以合伙人身份加盟其香港办公室。

李律师耕私募基金、跨境投融资及公司收购兼并领域数十年，在杠杆收购、私有化交易、上市后私募投资（PIPE）以及成长股权投资方面拥有丰富的执业经验。

加入中伦前，李律师曾在凯易律师事务所香港办公室担任资深公司业务合伙人，领导其私募及并购业务。此前，他也曾在美国宝维斯律师事务所、美国瑞格律师事务所工作。

中伦管委会主任赵靖律师表示：“我们非常欢迎李光律师的加入，出任中伦国际事务委员会联席主任。私募股权和跨境并购是中伦的重点优势业务，李光律师的到来将有力巩固和提升中伦在这些领域的核心竞争力，同时为中伦香港办公室和全所国际业务的发展与壮大注入重要的新鲜力量，助力中伦按一流国际化水准、以更高品质的专业服务，支持全球客户发展。”

伴随李律师的加入，中伦香港办公室目前共拥有20位合伙人。

Zhong Lun lands Kirkland PE/M&A partner in Hong Kong

Zhong Lun Law Firm has become the latest major PRC outfit to hire a partner from an international firm after luring over Gary Li from Kirkland & Ellis.

Li brings in his expertise in private equity, cross-border investment and financing, and corporate M&A, and commands extensive expertise in leveraged buyouts, take-privates, private investment in private equity (PIPEs), and growth equity investments.

He joined Kirkland in 2014 from Ropes & Gray, where to which he spent more than a decade at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison.

“We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Gary Li on board as International Managing Partner. Private equity and cross-border M&A have long been our key strengths, and Mr. Li’s arrival will significantly bolster and elevate the firm’s core competencies in these areas. Furthermore, Mr. Li’s expertise will give fresh momentum to the growth of Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong office and international business, empowering the firm to deliver an even higher caliber of world-class professional services that support its clients’ global expansion and success,” said Anthony Zhao, chairman of Zhong Lun’s management committee, in a statement.

Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong office now has a total of 20 partners.

Fellow PRC firms have also been active in the Hong Kong hiring market, with a number of them targeting international firms for laterals. Jingtian & Gongcheng recently hired seasoned banking practitioner James Ma from Paul Hastings, while Han Kun Law Offices hired corporate partners Melody He and Alex Tao as a partner from Ashurst and Milbank, respectively.