Nixon Peabody has hired Alvin So as a corporate partner in Hong Kong.

So specialises in initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, corporate finance and direct investment transactions.

So joins from his own practice, So Lawyers, which he started in 2016 after a one-year stint as a partner at Loeb & Loeb's Hong Kong associate firm Pang & Co. Previously, he was a partner at legacy Cheng Wong Lam & Partners.