FenXun Partners (奋迅律所) has appointed former King & Wood (金杜律所) partner Wang Jianzhao (王剑钊) as partner in its insurance and structured finance practices. The appointment of Wang increases the total number of partners at the firm to seven.

Wang is considered an expert on China’s Civil Code, and also practices in the areas of dispute resolution and mergers and acquisitions.  He has been involved in a number of large-scale projects over the past few years including the Hong Kong initial public offering of AIA, Temasek’s investment in New China Life Insurance Co., and the establishment of HSBC Life Insurance Co. 

Established in December 2009 with lawyers taken from elite U.S. law firms such as Simpson Thacher, Shearman & Sterling and Debevoise & Plimpton, FenXun aims to become the Chinese equivalent of a Wall Street law firm.

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