Pinsent Masons has hired partners Bernd-Uwe Stucken and Liu Wei from Salans in a bid to fortify its China corporate practice. Both of them will be based in Shanghai and will focus on corporate, M&A and commercial work to grow the firm’s practice expertise of inbound investment in Chinese manufacturing and technology.
Stucken is Salans’ Shanghai office managing partner and has practised in China for 23 years. As a former chairman of the Shanghai chapter of the German Chamber of Commerce, he has extensive experience working with German multinational clients expanding into China. His practice principally focuses on foreign direct investment, M&A, and enterprise restructuring. Stucken is fluent in Mandarin, English, French and German.
With over 10 years of experience, Liu Wei has advised a range of China-based manufacturing and technology enterprises on cross border transactions. He also represents multinationals and private equity firms on Chinese real estate and project investments, and assists in M&As and international joint venture restructurings.
Commenting on his firm’s newest hires, the head of Asia at Pinsent Masons, Ian Laing said in a statement: "The arrival of Bernd and Liu Wei demonstrates our focus on ensuring that Pinsent Masons in Asia can comprehensively respond to the needs of our clients in our global sectors. Combined with our successful alliance with Beijing Hesen Law Firm, we will have far greater strength and depth in China to meet our clients needs. This further expansion demonstrates our continuing, long-term commitment to growth in China." ALB
Candice Mak is the Notrh East Asia Editor at ALB. Follow her on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine.
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