Shearman & Sterling has hired a partner in Hong Kong.

Stephanie Tang joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a Hong Kong-based partner advising on private equity investments, capital markets transactions and take-private deals involving U.S.-listed Chinese companies.

Last June, she advised state-owned Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co. Ltd. on a $693 million acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Chinese semiconductor maker Montage Technology Group Ltd. In February last year, she represented Beijing-based digital mapping company AutoNavi Holdings Ltd. on a $1.5 billion take-private deal by ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.