植德律师事务所近日迎来银行与金融业务资深律师钟凯文以负责合伙人身份加盟深圳办公室。

钟律师的主要业务领域为银行与金融（含资产管理、保险资金投资等）、投资基金、投融资并购，以及前述领域的争议解决。他目前正在服务的客户类型主要包括：金融监管部门、国有银行、股份制商业银行等银行金融机构，信托公司、银行理财子公司、公募基金公司及其子公司、保险公司及险资资产管理公司、金融资产管理公司与地方资产管理公司等非银行金融机构，私募投资基金，以及大型国有企业、高科技企业、大型不动产与基础设施开发商等企业。

根据植德的一份新闻稿，植德深圳一直是植德立所第一个5年规划的既定战略重点之一。钟律师的加盟正值植德成立四周年之际，他将牵头植德深圳办公室的管理与发展工作，重点参与制定与实施植德粤港澳大湾区、海南自贸港等发展战略。

Merits & Tree strengthens Shenzhen arm by adding managing partner

Merits & Tree Law Offices has recently hired Zhong Kaiwen specializing in banking and finance practice as the managing partner to lead its Shenzhen office.

Zhong’s practice mainly focuses on banking and finance (including asset management, insurance fund investment, etc), funds, M&A, as well as dispute resolutions in mentioned areas. His current clients include banking and financial institutions like financial supervision authorities, state-owned banks and joint-stock commercial banks; non-banking and finance institutions like trust companies, bank wealth management subsidiaries, public offering fund companies and their subsidiaries, insurance companies and insurance asset management companies, financial asset management companies and local asset management companies; large state-owned enterprises, high-tech companies, large real-estate and infrastructure developers. 

According to a statement by Merits & Tree, the Shenzhen office has been one of the set strategic focuses of the firm’s first five-year planning. Zhong joins as the firm marks its fourth anniversary of establishment. He will lead the management and development of Shenzhen office, with emphasis on the setting and implementation of the firm’s strategies in Greater Bay Area and Hainan Free Trade Port. 

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