Clifford Chance hires capital markets head from WongPartnership

Clifford Chance has hired equity capital markets specialist Raymond Tong from its former joint-venture partner in Singapore, WongPartnership.

Tong, who headed the capital markets practice at WongPartnership, worked with lawyers from Clifford Chance during the nine-year joint venture between the two firms, including most recently the $2 billion IPO last year by CapitaMalls Asia, which was the city’s largest offering in 15 years.

“Having worked side-by-side with Raymond on many of Singapore’s most notable IPOs, it is clear that he is one of the leading ECM lawyers in the market, and that his reputation among clients, regulators and professional peers is second to none,” said Crawford Brickley, Clifford Chance’s head...