27 AUGUST 2020 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Sidley Austin has welcomed back finance specialist Olivia Ngan as a partner in the firm’s China corporate and finance practice in Hong Kong. Ngan joins from Linklaters, where she was a counsel.
Ngan previously worked with Sidley for seven years before joining Linklaters in August 2019. She has also worked with UK law firms Fieldfisher and TLT. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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