Dentons has boosted its Hong Kong capital markets practice with the hire of corporate partner Gordon Ng from O'Melveny & Myers.

Ng, who is best known for his work on Hong Kong IPOs, will join the firm as head of corporate finance and capital markets for Asia, effective July 1.

He joined O'Melveny in 2010 from Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong where he served as managing partner of the local office.