在今年一月晋升了15位合伙人后，中伦近期再次扩大合伙人团队。该所已吸引九名新合伙人加盟，同时从内部晋升七名律师为合伙人。
从外部加入的九位新合伙人团队中，有三位在中伦去年二月设立的武汉分所工作。其中张粒律师和梅顺健律师均从湖北松之盛律师事务所加入。张粒律师现任湖北省律师协会会长，也是此次唯一一位作为一级合伙人加盟的律师。
其他新加盟的合伙人为：原在中国国际金融公司（香港）工作的何嘉杰律师，原广东海际明律师事务所的容融律师和揭英汉律师，原湖北郑东平律师事务所的郑东平律师，原美国众达律师事务所的高燕律师、余昕刚律师和原北京金杜律师事务所的冯闻军律师。他们均在中伦担任二级合伙人。
此次新加盟的合伙人，业务领域包括公司、外商投资、跨境交易、海外上市、房地产、诉讼、能源和资源、公路、船舶。
同时， 中伦北京办公室和上海办公室分别从内部晋升了三位和四位合伙人。加上今年年初提拔的15位律师，中伦今年一共新添了31名合伙人。
After a relatively quiet year in 2009, big firms have resumed hiring and promotion activity. Zhong Lun is one such firm: following the announcement of 15 internal promotions in January, it has now bolstered its partner ranks further with nine lateral hires and seven promotions.
Three of the lateral hires took place in Zhong Lun’s Wuhan office, which opened at the beginning of 2009. The new additions to the Wuhan team are Zhang Li (pictured), Mei Shunjian and Zheng Dongping. Zhang and Mei both joined from Hubei Sunshine Law Firm. Zhang currently serves as the president of the Hubei Lawyers Association and she is the only senior partner among all nine newly appointed partners (the rest are limited equity partners).
The other new partners are He Jiajie in Hong Kong, Rong Rong and Jie Yinghan in Guangzhou and Gao Yan, Yu Xingang and Feng Wenjun in Beijing.
The latest round of promotions came in the firm’s Beijing and Shanghai offices, which received four and three new partners respectively. Zhong Lun has added 31 new partners through lateral hire and promotions so far this year.
Shanghai’s largest firm AllBright and Jun He are two other firms that have made noticeable efforts in partner-level recruitment and promotion. AllBright appointed two new partners and several associates earlier this year, while Jun He elected seven lawyers to partners and three to counsel. Jun He has already set up plans for two more rounds of appointments in 2010.
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