Shortly after losing Hong Kong managing partner Mary Ellen Hutton to UK firm Withers, Bryan Cave has hired a senior partner from US rival Hogan & Hartson to maintain its commitment to the Hong Kong and Asia market.

Mao Tong, the former co-managing partner of Hogan & Hartson's Hong Kong office, has joined Bryan Cave as a partner based in Hong Kong. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial transactions, cross-border M&A, private equity, securities and international joint ventures.

Tong has a JD from Columbia University Law School and a BA from Wesleyan University, and has spent most of his career practising law in China.