Hogan Lovells is adding its first dedicated capital markets partner in Singapore, with the relocation of London partner Andrew Carey to the office.

Carey, who will join the five-partner office on 4 April, specialises in international securities offerings including corporate debt issues, high-yield and equity and asset-backed debt offerings.

He will work closely with capital markets partner Philip Hyde, who splits his time between Hong Kong and Tokyo, to strengthen the Asian capital markets practice. The firm hopes to increase the amount of issuer and underwriter work it carries out in the region.