On 4 September 2020, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) announced nearly 30 partner promotions and 29 counsel promotions across KWM China offices in 2020. These partners and counsels specialize in cross-border M&A, finance, real estate, litigation and arbitration, debt restructuring, and intellectual property. Their expertise injects vigorous strength into the innovating legal services, while carrying on KWM's brand culture. KWM also welcomed the addition of one partner and three counsels to the firm.
Zhang Yi, Chairman of KWM China Management Committee, commented: "Congratulations to the new partners and counsels, and a big welcome to Sam Huang and the new counsels! KWM sticks to the culture and core values of "client-centric, teamwork, devotion, excellence, and collaboration and sharing", and keeps attracting more talents with an open mind and unique comprehensive advantages. In the very special year of 2020, KWM continued to grow and develop despite the impact of the COVID-19 and the ever-changing external environment. These newly joined partners and counsels are new blood who are going to bring even more vitality and resources to the firm, and further strengthen our comprehensive capability and advantages. It will help us to grow with innovation and lays a solid foundation for the stable and sustained development of KWM."
Lateral partner hires:
Sam Huang specializes in public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, debt offerings, private equity investments, and M&As. Prior to joining KWM, Mr. Huang worked with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Hong Kong offices. He has successfully represented many clients in their major transactions in Asian capital markets. He has rich experience in a wide variety of industries, including aviation, energy, financial services, insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, technology and communications. Mr. Huang has joined the Finance & Capital Market Group at the Beijing/Hong Kong office as international partner.
Newly promoted partners in 2020:
Corporate: Chen Hua (Beijing), Huang He (Beijing), Wang Zhenting (Shanghai), Ren Xiaolei (Nanjing)
Securities: Yang Zhenhua (Shanghai), Chen Wei (Nanjing)
Finance & Capital Market: Stella Wang (Shanghai), Simon Xu (Shanghai), Qiu Liang (Gaungzhou）
Regulatory & Compliance: Jessie Yu (Shanghai)
Dispute Resolution: Xu Hailong (Beijing), Li Dongjun (Beijing), Zhu Yuanyuan (Beijing), Li Zhenghao (Beijing), Zhang Haojun (Shanghai), Holly Lynn Blackwell (Shanghai), Joseph Chen (Shanghai), Yang Fan (Shenzhen), Hu Rongjie (Shenzhen), Yu Qing (Shenzhen)
Intellectual Property: Zhang Jiaqi (Beijing), Huang Qian (Beijing, Patent Attorney), Wu Jia (Shanghai), Zheng Hong (Guangzhou)
Newly promoted senior counsels in 2020:
Corporate: Sun Xing (Shanghai/Suzhou)
Finance & Capital Market: Alex Wang (Beijing)
Intellectual Property: Song Xudong (Beijing), Mark Fu (Shanghai), Zhang Xuejun (Beijing)
Newly promoted counsels/lateral counsel hires in 2020:
Corporate:
Yan Zhen (Shenzhen, laterally recruited counsel）, Ren Zhenhe (Shenzhen, laterally recruited counsel)
Shen Yang (Beijing), Cai Lei (Beijing), Atticus Zhao (Shanghai), Xu Ying (Shanghai), Tang Zhenyu (Shenzhen), Yang Wei (Chengdu)
Securities:
Chen Yiqun (Sanya, laterally recruited counsel）
Wang Letao (Shanghai), Ye Kai (Shenzhen), Guo Zhongyong (Guangzhou)、Li Jin (Chengdu), Cai Li (Chengdu), Tang Qi (Chengdu)
Finance & Capital Market: Wang Pengcui (Beijing), Wang Ning (Beijing), He Fen (Beijing), Ren Liguang (Beijing)
Dispute Resolution: Li Xinqian (Beijing), Sun Huili (Beijing), Tao Tao (Beijing), Chen Zongyu (Shanghai), Wang Rui (Guangzhou), Yu Qing (Chengdu), Zhao Yi (Chengdu)
Intellectual Property: Yu Lili (Beijing), Jiang Ying (Beijing), Pang Shumin (Beijing), Wang Juanjuan (Beijing), Huang Haiming (Beijing), Yang Fan (Shanghai)
