Eight former partners including two managing partners at Jade & Fountain, who won the ALB Fast 10 award for 2011, joined Zhong Lun as partners in their international business division.

All eight lawyers have worked across various  international firms— Scott Guan worked for Blake Cassels & Graydon and Linklaters as a consultant, while Song Liwei held a senior associate position at Gide Loyrette Nouel.  Zhong lun's managing team says the new eight partners would strengthen the firm’s expertise in foreign-related legal services.

The eight partners include Scott Guan, Mark Ho, Jill Lee, Song Liwei, Steven Huang, Xue Tao, Ricky Luo and Blaine Turnacliff.   Previous managing partners Scott Guan and Mark Ho were veterans in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) and VC investments, and foreign direct investments. 

While Jade & Fountain are in the process of recruiting partners, they are prudent about candidates’ background and their concept of developing the firm.

The new managing partners elected in April at Jade & Fountain are Chen Gang, Qiao Bo and Yang Jun.ALB

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