Blackstone has appointed a new team of advisory professionals for its Asia region, based in Hong Kong and Beijing.

The team, which is twelve strong, includes two partners and three managing directors.

The partners are Anthony Steains, formerly with Lehman Brothers, and Jianping Zheng, formerly with HSBC. The managing directors are Johan van Jaarsveld, and Dong Hyun Lee, both of Lehman Brothers, and Jing Xiaowen, of HSBC.