Technology law firm Bird Bird is continuing its Hong Kong expansion in anticipation of a pick-up in IT spending. Marcus Vass, a telecoms specialist, is moving to the firm from Norton Rose to add to its core practice areas of telecoms, media and technology TMT and intellectual property.
Vass follows close on the heels of two other recent hires. Nigel Stamp joined from Clifford Chance in October. He specializes in information technology and e-commerce, and established CC's TMT practice in 2000.
Gordon Milner, who focuses on technology clients, joined Stamp at CC from Slaughter and May and followed him to Bird Bird late last year. Vass previously worked with Stamp...