Allen & Overy poach from Shearman

Xiaowei Ye has left Shearman & Sterling to join international law firm Allen & Overy. She will be based at Allen & Overy's Beijing office initially before relocating to the firm's Shanghai office in November 2003. At A&O she will be a partner in the firm's US-law and corporate practices, working with Michael Liu in the corporate group and Peter Curley and David Johnson in the US law group.