Clyde & Co has hired construction partners Jon Howes and Sean Hardy in Singapore from Pinsent Masons, where they were partner and senior associate, respectively.

Howes will head Clyde's Asia-Pacific infrastructure practice with Sydney-based David McElveney. He focuses on dispute resolution in the construction and engineering sectors, including domestic and international arbitration, mediation, adjudication and expert determination.

Howes leaves Pinsent Masons after more than two decades with the firm, where he was the joint head of the Singapore office with Mohan Pillay. He joined the U.K. firm's London office in 1997, relocating to Hong Kong in 2000 and then Singapore in 2009.