Senior lawyer Wu Lianming has left AllBright to head DeHeng’s newly established Hangzhou office. The branch will focus on three practice areas – capital markets, real estate and M&A – and currently houses five partners and 10 lawyers.

“Hangzhou offers great business opportunities for DeHeng, especially with the rising demand for capital markets legal services and the growing enterprise base,” said Wu.

Hangzhou’s first legal services centre was established earlier this year, an initiative by local government authorities to facilitate the provision of legal services to business. The local legal industry has been growing strongly in recent months. In August this year, five new law firms were established, including DeHeng Hangzhou office, and 44 new lawyers were admitted to the local Bar.

DeHeng, with over 680 lawyers is the third largest PRC firm, according to the ALB China 20. DeHeng’s new office pushes the firm’s total number of branch offices worldwide to 15.

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