Law firm Clifford Chance hired Chang-Do Gong as a partner and co-head of its U.S. mergers and acquisitions practice. Gong has 25 years of public and private M&A experience across a spectrum of industries, including energy and infrastructure, healthcare and life sciences, media and technology. Gong previously served as a partner at White & Case for 12 years.

“We are excited Chang-Do is joining our global team,” Sarah Jones, global head of corporate at Clifford Chance, said. “A senior and seasoned practitioner, his arrival will further enhance our capabilities in the U.S. for the benefit of our domestic and international clients, and reflects our firm’s ongoing commitment to strategic growth in the region.”

“Chang-Do’s wealth of experience advising on complex domestic and cross-border public and private M&A transactions in the most active sectors in the market will add immediate value to our clients,” Ben Sibbett, Americas head of corporate at Clifford Chance, said. “We are delighted to welcome him to the team, and I look forward to collaborating with Chang-Do who will help me lead our US M&A practice.”

“I’m excited to be joining such a talented group of M&A practitioners and to become part of a highly regarded, globally integrated M&A practice,” Gong said. “I look forward to working with the team to assist clients on their most strategic and consequential M&A transactions.”