London-based M&A consultancy BTD hired a new Director in its U.K. practice and announced the opening of an office in Hong Kong, following a strong increase in demand for the company’s end-to-end services.

Denise Emmanuel (pictured above) will strengthen the engagement leadership team and support business development and client delivery within the corporates and the private equity community.

She joins BTD with more than 15 years’ investment and M&A experience including 10 years in private equity and has developed a strong track record on realised investments and value enhancing post acquisition integration, according to a statement sent on Thursday.

New Office in Hong Kong

With offices in London, Frankfurt, Boston and Sydney the new office in Hong Kong will enable the firm to better service the robust M&A scene in the region where the outbound value of M&A activity conducted by Chinese firms has grown at an annual rate of approximately almost 40 percent over the past three years and is expected to hit over $160 billion in 2018.