Hong Kong: After launching its Hong Kong law practice with the lateral hire of Freeman Chan from Norton Rose in late 2010, US firm Cleary Gottlieb has added another partner to its forty-strong office in the SAR with the transfer of Christof von Dryander.

von Dryander, who for the much of the last twenty years has been based in the firm’s Frankfurt office, has relocated to Hong Kong after due to the increasing transactional work flowing between Asia and Europe. His practice involves assisting Asia-based clients on European and other international deals in addition to advising European companies on their activities across Asia.  

von Dryander has spent his entire professional career at the firm having joined as an associate in Brussels in 1982.