Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has hired a partner in Hong Kong. David Kuo is joining from Allen & Overy, where he was a partner.

He will bolster Milbank’s private equity practice and add a China component to the firm’s already established high-yield bond practice elsewhere in Asia. Last July, Kuo represented Barclays Bank Plc. as underwriter on Beijing-based internet data services provider 21Vianet Group Inc. on a $322 million renminbi-denominated bond issue in Singapore.