Linklaters has made a notable hire for its Singapore corporate team with the addition of M&A partner William Kirschner from White & Case.

Kirschner, who is based in White & Case's local office, is joining Linklaters' Singapore corporate team of 15 lawyers which is led by partner trio Stuart Bedford, Kevin Wong and Sophie Mathur.

He joined White & Case in 2008 from Goodwin Procter, before moving out to Singapore later that year. He has a strong reputation among private equity houses, corporates and investment banks across Southeast Asia, and works across juridictions such as Indonesia, India, Singapore and Thailand.