Sidley Austin has hired Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Beijing head Kefei Li as a partner in its corporate practice.

Li joined Wilson Sonsini in April 2011 as a partner focusing on corporate and securities. Before that he worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.

Specialising in capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate counseling, LI has experience advising capital market deals, especially Chinese companies going public in Hong Kong and the U.S.

Sidley now has 160 fee-earners in the Asia-Pacific region, in its Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo offices.