英国西蒙斯律师事务所近日宣布，已吸纳前金杜北京合伙人王德全律师加入，筹备开设北京代表处。王律师的主要执业领域为外商直接投资、兼并与收购、企业重组与改制、私有股权投资和风险投资等。
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英国西蒙斯律师事务所近日宣布，已吸纳前金杜北京合伙人王德全律师加入，筹备开设北京代表处。王律师的主要执业领域为外商直接投资、兼并与收购、企业重组与改制、私有股权投资和风险投资等。王律师于2007年加入金杜律师事务所。在加入金杜律师事务所之前，他曾先后在美国海斯•科利律师事务所中国业务部和微软公司远东区法律部担任律师。
西蒙斯已在上海和香港设有办公室，目前在中国区拥有80多位员工，包括19位合伙人以及顾问。
Simmons & Simmons, which has already established itself in Shanghai and Hong Kong, will soon launch its third China office in Beijing. As part of its expansion plan, the firm has appointed Davis Wang from King & Wood as a partner, who will be based in Beijing when the office opens.
Wang is a PRC and US qualified lawyer specialising in FDI, M&A, PE investment and fund formation, with a focus on the TMT industry sector. He has more than 15 years of experience representing multinational companies.
Wang joined King & Wood's Beijing office in 2007 as a partner. Prior to joining King & Wood, he practised law at the Beijing office of New York firm Haythe & Curley and at a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He also previously served as general counsel and at senior executive positions for Microsoft, General Mills, and eBay/PayPal in China and the Greater China Region.
Simmons & Simmons's managing partner, Mark Dawkins, sees China as a key area of expansion for the firm. "The opening of a Beijing office is part of the firm's commitment to build upon and develop our strength in the region," he said.
Initially, Wang will be working in the Shanghai and Hong Kong office of Simmons & Simmons, where the firm has around 80 legal staff, including 19 partners and consultants. He is another partner-level practitioner who recently joined an international firm from a leading PRC firm. Michael Wang, previously a partner at Global Law Office, joined Norton Rose's Beijing office earlier this month. ALB
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