Zhong Yin has recently hired a team of anti-dumping experts as part of its strategy to build its international trade remedy and WTO practices.
Both Jia Zheng and Song Xiangwei joined the firm from Dacheng while Chen Jing joined from JunZeJun. The additions mean Zhong Yin’s team for international trade remedy and WTO work now numbers ten.
In line with its expansion ambitions, Zhong Yin also recently launched a Taizhou office, the firm’s first in Zhejiang province, becoming the first Beijing firm to take on the Taizhou market.
The Taizhou branch is a result of an invitation from the Taizhou municipal government. Taizhou is home to more than 3000 enterprises, including Fangyuan Reflective Material and Wangye Power. While there are currently 18 listed companies in the region, the municipal is aiming for a total of 50 listed companies by 2015.
The invitation is part of the government’s extensive program of invitations to large-scale companies and service providers from first-tier cities. Zhong Yin’s role in Taizhou will be providing legal expertise in capital markets, PE, finance, corporate and legal risk sectors, to companies in Taizhou who have nationalising ambitions.
In the past, inaccessibility inhibited investment in Zhejiang. But since the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge was built, the travelling time between Shanghai and Taizhou has been cut to just 130 minutes from six hours. Other main highways, such as the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, the Nanjing-Jingjiang-Yancheng Highway and the Xinyi-Changxing Expressway, also pass through Taizhou, creating new opportunities in the region.
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• Number of law firms: 50 |
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