Swiss law firm LALIVE has recruited the former managing partner of the Asia-Pacific region at Allen & Overy as its first CEO.

Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown, who was a partner at A&O for nearly two decades, first joined LALIVE firm as counsel in 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Brown, a projects and finance lawyer, also previously acted as A&O's managing partner in Tokyo. He took on the new role of CEO at LALIVE at the start of this year, according to the firm.