Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its Asia private capital team in Singapore with the hire of Peiwen Chen, who was most recently a local partner at White & Case in the Southeast Asian city-state. She joins the firm as a partner.

Chen’s hire takes place as Sydney-based M&A partner Malika Chandrasegaran relocates to Singapore. Chen and Chandrasegaran are expected to help respond to growing client demand for private capital advice in their specialty areas of energy transition and technology, respectively, according to a statement.