International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that Gary Yin has joined the firm as a partner along with a team of associates.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that Gary Yin has joined the firm as a partner along with a team of associates. Gary joins the disputes team as a litigator specialising in China-related commercial and international trade. The appointment further strengthens the firm’s well established commercial dispute resolution practice in Greater China.

Gary has two decades of experience in advising corporates on general commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, insolvency-related matters, international trade and financial disputes. He works extensively with Hong Kong, Mainland Chinese and foreign entities advising them on complex court and international arbitration cases, and has significant experience working with listed companies on a range of dispute resolution matters. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons, Gary was leading the disputes and investigations practice at the Hong Kong office of a leading PRC law firm.

Gary’s arrival, along with Helen Fok who re-joined the firm as a consultant focusing on regulation in the Hong Kong financial markets team, significantly bolsters the firm’s leading contentious and non-contentious regulatory offering in the region.

Paul Li, Partner, Simmons & Simmons commented: “We are very pleased to welcome Gary and his team to the firm. As a leading dispute resolution lawyer in Greater China, Gary’s experience and industry knowhow will provide us with a tremendous opportunity to broaden our practice in the region. I am confident that Gary and his team will play a crucial role in the further development of our services for clients in the corporate and financial institution space.”

On joining Simmons & Simmons, Gary Yin added: “My team and I are very excited to join Simmons & Simmons’ industry leading practise in Hong Kong. I look forward to contributing to the expansion of the dispute resolution offering and adding to the practice’s existing contentious regulatory knowledge base. I am also eager to collaborate closely with the various teams to leverage their cross-sector expertise to address our corporate clients’ broad legal needs.”