凯易国际律师事务所近日迎来私募股权和并购律师于鹏以合伙人身份加盟其香港办事处。此前，于鹏在瑞格律师事务所以合伙人身份执业超过11年。

于律师的执业范围主要集中于和大中华区有关的交易项目，他在帮助全球和亚洲地区私募股权基金及公司客户处理各种重大交易方面拥有丰富的经验，包括就收购、私有化、私募基金投资上市公司、成长资本投资、退出、合资及其他的跨境交易提供法律服务。

这是凯易在一个月之内官宣的第二起合伙人级别引入。今年3月初，凯易还宣布将在8月正式迎来香港证监会前执行董事何贤通以合伙人身份加盟。于律师加盟后，凯易香港办公室共有31位合伙人。

Partner movement at Kirkland HK continues with PE hire from Ropes

Kirkland & Ellis has hired private equity and M&A lawyer Peng Yu as a partner in its Hong Kong office from Ropes & Gray.

Yu is Kirkland’s second announced partner hire in Hong Kong in a matter of weeks, following the news that the office would be welcoming former SFC official Brian Ho in August. Since last month, Kirkland Hong Kong has also lost two capital markets partners: Howie Farn and Li-Chien Wong have joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and HKEx, respectively.

Yu advises PE and corporate clients on buyouts, take-privates, PIPEs, growth capital investments, divestitures, joint ventures and other cross-border transactions. Among his key clients is Alibaba; Yu advised the company on its $1.15 billion investment in Farfetch, its $1.38 billion PIPE investment in ZTO Express, and its $1.4 billion take-private of iKang Healthcare, among others.

He also advised Baring Private Equity Asia in its acquisition and subsequent $1.8 billion disposal of Weetabix Food Company, and Blackstone in its $625 million take-private transaction of Pactera Technology International.

Yu spent 11 years at Ropes, having joined that firm in 2011. Prior to that, he worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Shearman & Sterling.

With the addition of Yu, Kirkland’s Hong Kong office now has 31 partners.