Law firms Freshfields makes key competition hire as Clifford Chance City partner to relocate to lead Hong Kong practice Legal Business · 10 March 2016 · 1 min read Strategic recruitment Competition Hong Kong Clifford Chance Freshfields Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance’s Alastair Mordaunt to become the new competition head of its Hong Kong practice.This article is for Legal Business subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to read on. Related ContentMore in this categoryGSK recruits new legal chief as long-serving GC prepares to step downIn-HouseTheresa Hargreaves5 Nov 2026Freshfields lands Anthropic IPO role alongside raft of US firmsLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Trading Places: Sidley continues funds and finance build while Milbank grows its new Chicago officeLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025White & Case snaps up A&O Shearman IP trio as post-merger exits continueLaw firmsAlex Ryan14 Feb 2025International roundup: Reed Smith debuts in Atlanta with 15-partner team while Broadfield enters Hong Kong with Sidley trioLaw firmsAlex Ryan10 Feb 2025Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent retention tacticsLaw firmsElisha Juttla4 Nov 2024To live or die in DC – getting deals done amid US antitrust crackdownLaw firmsBarnaby Merrill26 Jun 2024