Field Fisher Waterhouse has bolstered its financial services practice with the hire of Dechert partner Duncan Black.

Black, a partner with Dechert since 1992, will advise on regulatory matters for the financial services sector, with a focus on asset management and hedge funds.

Black, who joined Field Fisher this week (14 July) as part of a wider strategy to develop the firm's asset management capacity, takes the firm's financial services and funds group to two partners.