年利达律师事务所近日迎来私募股权律师叶晓仪以全球财务投资者业务部联席主管身份回归，常驻香港。叶律师曾在2012年至2016年担任年利达中国业务部管理合伙人。回归前，她在宝维斯律师事务所亦担任中国区业务领导职务。
叶律师是中国私募股权业务的专家，并在跨境并购、战略投资、合资企业、特殊情况交易及涉及中国的外商直接投资方面拥有丰富经验。她在2004年至2016年任职于年利达，随后加盟宝维斯，并从2019年起担任该所中国业务部管理合伙人。
除叶律师，年利达还迎来金融监管专家Carl Fernandes律师以合伙人身份回归。他曾在2001年至2018年执业于年利达，此次回归前在瑞生国际律师事务所（Latham & Watkins）担任金融监管业务部合伙人。Fernandes曾协助众多跨领域的投资银行、经纪交易商、托管人、资产管理人、私人银行及金融市场基础设施等金融服务领域客户应对各种复杂的监管问题。他在伦敦服务一段时间后将移居亚洲。
叶律师的回归是年利达香港办公室最新一起合伙人级别引入。去年，该所曾迎来林晓希、Alessandro Nolet、Mark Veitch三位合伙人加盟。目前，年利达香港办公室共有32位合伙人。
年利达的亚洲区管理合伙人刘克诚在一份新闻稿中表示：“我们非常欢迎叶律师和Carl重返年利达的团队… 他们将增强本所在业界一直享有盛誉的私募股权/并购和金融监管业务实力。”
Linklaters welcomes back former China practice head from Paul, Weiss
Betty Yap, the head of Linklaters’ China practice from 2012 to 2016, has returned to the firm from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she held a similar role.
Upon rejoining Linklaters, Yap will take on the role of global co-head of the Financial Sponsor Group, while continuing to be based in Hong Kong.
An expert on the Chinese private equity market with extensive experience in cross-border M&A, strategic investments, joint ventures, special situations transactions, and foreign direct investments involving China, Yap was at Linklaters from 2004 to 2016, leading the firm’s China practice from 2012.
In 2016, Yap joined Paul, Weiss, and started leading its China practice in 2019.
Apart from Yap, Linklaters has welcomed back another alum: Financial regulation specialist Carl Fernandes returns to the firm from Latham & Watkins in London. Fernandes, who was at Linklaters from 2001 to 2018, is expected to move to Asia in due course.
He counsels financial services clients, including multi-disciplinary investment banks, broker-dealers, custodians, asset managers, private banks, and financial market infrastructures, on regulatory issues.
With Yap’s hire, Linklaters continues its streak of partner laterals in Hong Kong. Last year, the firm added Xiaoxi Lin from Kirkland & Ellis, Alessandro Nolet from White & Case, and Mark Veitch from Herbert Smith Freehills. The Magic Circle firm now has 32 partners in Hong Kong.
“We are delighted to welcome Betty and Carl back to the firm,” said William Liu, Linklaters’ Asia managing partner, in a statement, citing “the wealth of experience they will bring to our well-established private equity/M&A and financial regulation practices.”
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