K&L Gates has hired capital markets partner Harry Kingsley and two other lawyers from an Australian firm as it continues to build its corporate practice in Australia.

Kingsley, special counsel Kaveh Zegrati and lawyer Alex Garfinkel join the firm's Melbourne office from national firm Holding Redlich.

Kingsley focuses on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity, and has particularly strong experience in the land transport, infrastructure and financial services sectors, K&L Gates said in a statement.