Eversheds Adds Hong Kong Technology Practice Leader From Big Four's PwC
Rhys McWhirter leaves PwC's Hong Kong affiliate law firm Tiang & Partners—part of the first string of departures from the firm since its 2017 launch and aggressive expansion last year.
April 16, 2019 at 01:50 PM
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Eversheds Sutherland has hired Rhys McWhirter from the Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers' affiliate law firm in Hong Kong. At Eversheds, he will be a consultant and a leader of the firm's technology, media and telecommunications practice.
McWhirter focuses on information technology outsourcing, strategic procurement, digital asset offerings, data analytics and privacy, and tech-related mergers and acquisitions. He joins from Tiang & Partners, an affiliate of Singapore-based PwC Legal International Pte. Ltd., where he was a senior associate.
Before joining Tiang & Partners in 2017, McWhirter practised at Australian firm Gilbert + Tobin for three years in Sydney, and was in-house at Australia's Westpac Banking Corp. as legal counsel for two and a half years.
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