由上海清华、东欣、华利、国联律师事务所与北京王玉梅所吕琰团队合并设立的融孚律师事务所近日正式开业。目前，融孚所已有6位高级合伙人，16位合伙人，律师、顾问及辅助人员70余人；法学界泰斗、华东政法大学功勋教授苏惠渔领衔担任事务所主任。
凭借各创建团队多年培育的专业特色及重组合并后优势互补的规模化效应，融孚能够为更多客户提供更综合、全面的法律服务。该所成立伊始就奠定了在金融、海商、公司、税务、房地产等多个法律服务领域的领先地位；合并后服务领域的拓宽，服务效率的提高，使客户合作的粘度更高、信任度更强。依托新品牌和团队支撑，得以有资格参与世界500强公司及国内大型企业的项目竞标，设立以来已实现了与沃茨水务集团、中国平安保险投资收购项目的成功签约，开展与中国银行上海分行、浦东国资委以及欧洲投资银行道安公司的战略合作。
Four Shanghai local firms - Qinghua, Dongxin, Huali and Guolian - and a team led by partner Lv Yan from Beijing Yumei law firm's Shanghai office have joined forces and formed a new partnership under the brand SG & Co PRC lawyers.
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The four firms and the team led by Lv Yan have established practices and businesses in the areas of finance, shipping, corporate, tax and real estate. The merger is set to create synergy between different practice groups and develop a competitive advantage in Shanghai increasingly saturated legal services market.
According to Lv, the youngest senior partner of the new firm and a lawyer who has work experience in Fangda and Zhonglun, the new firm has already achieved encouraging results since its establishment in May 2010. In addition to providing improved and more diverse services to their existing clients, the larger size has enabled the firm to bid for mandates and projects of Global Fortune 500 companies and large state-owned and private domestic companies. New clients who have signed up for SG & Co's services including Watts Water, Ping An insurance, the Shanghai branch of Bank of China, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanghai Pudong New Area, and European investment bank CW Downer. It has also entered into a cooperation agreement with DLA Piper's Shanghai office. ALB