After 10 years working with corporate heavyweight Commerce & Finance Law Office (通商) as partner, Song Dihuang (宋迪煌), has left the firm and joined Wang Jing & Co (敬海), the winner of ALB  Shipping Law Firm of the year 2011.  Song will join Wang Jing & Co in October 2011, accompanied by a team of three lawyers.     

Song, who will travel between the firm’s Shenzhen and Beijing offices, has nearly two decades of experience in maritime law including bills of lading, charter parties, marine insurance, litigation and arbitration.  Prior to his time at Commerce & Finance, Song worked for local Shenzhen firm Henry & Co Law Firm (海利) as a consultant.  Before that, Song worked in the Department of Legal Affairs of the China International Trade Promotion Committee.  In this role, Song worked closely with international shipping firms such as as Ince & Co, Galland Kharach Morse & Garfinkle and Sinclair Roche & Templerley.

Song is also the only Asian executive member in Comite Maritime International. 

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