Squire Patton Boggs has recruited Li Hua as a partner for global corporate practice from Gide Loyrette Nouel at its Beijing office.

A member of the Paris Bar, Li focuses on inbound and outbound transactions, antitrust/competition and regulatory compliance matters.  She also has extensive experience in handling international trade matters, including WTO-related legal issues and anti-dumping procedures.

Before joining Gide in 1999, Li worked at the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) in Beijing, and as vice-director of Foreign Trade at the former State Commission for Economy and Trade before that.

“Li Hua is one of the leading lawyers in her field, with extensive corporate and competition law experience and a strong government relations practice.  Her arrival will further strengthen our capabilities across Greater China and, indeed, globally,” Sungbo Shim, managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs in Beijing, said in a statement.

“The expansion of our Global Corporate Practice and the development of our expertise in competition law are key strategic goals for the firm. Li Hua is one of a number of senior appointments we have made around the world over the past year, bolstering our ability to handle cross-border transactions and competition matters of any type anywhere in the world,” commented Stephen Chelberg, Asia-Pacific chair of the global corporate practice with Squire Patton Boggs.

Formed in May this year through a merger of international law firms Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs, Squire Patton Boggs has 44 offices in 21 countries.