Mayer Brown has added Allison Lee as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice. With 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies and private equity firms on cross-border M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, distribution arrangements and secondary sale transactions across Asia, Lee joins from Debevoise & Plimpton, where she was a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and Private Equity and M&A Groups in Hong Kong. She speaks Mandarin, and is admitted to practice as an attorney in New York and as a solicitor in Hong Kong. A partner with Mayer Brown, she will become a partner of Mayer Brown Hong Kong upon completion of the relevant requirements with the Law Society of Hong Kong.