Leading Chinese firm Fangda Partners has brought aboard mergers and acquisitions partner Mark Lehmkuhler in Hong Kong from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, as part of a string of Fangda partner hires in the city.

Lehmkuhler focuses on M&A transactions, including private equity portfolio investments, leveraged buyouts, tender offers and cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances in China and Hong Kong, in the technology, infrastructure, energy and finance sectors. Last year, Lehmkuhler, together with partner Jeffrey Sun in Shanghai, advised Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc. on a $115 million investment in China Logistics Property Holdings Co. Ltd.

He leaves Orrick after two and a half years with the firm. Previously, Lehmkuhler practised at Davis Polk for 14 years in Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York until 2015. He first joined the Wall Street firm in 1995 as an associate and left in 2000 for The iReality Group, a boutique investment bank focused on technology in Asia, as an executive director, where he advised on M&A in the region. Lehmkuhler rejoined Davis Polk a year later and made partner in Hong Kong in 2008.