在澳洲最大的保险公司之一IAG工作5年后，Michael Cripps重新回到律所执业。Cripps将在今年2月底以全球保险业务合伙人的身份加入其礼上海办公室，集中发展律所在中国保险方面的法律业务。

在加入IAG之前，普通话流利的Cripps曾在中国工作和生活了13年，其工作经历包括澳大利亚安德慎律师事务所合伙人和格林莫爾出口公司常务董事。

继公司保险业务合伙人Bob Ansehl (New York) and William Tsang (Hong Kong) 去年加入其礼后，Cripps的任命将其礼保险业务团队的合伙人数增加到18名。 

Insurance Australia Group general counsel Michael Cripps has returned to private practice and China after a five year stint in-house in Sydney.

Cripps is the latest senior appointment to be made by Clyde & Co and will be joining the firm’s global corporate insurance practice as a partner at the end of February. He will be based in Shanghai and will be focussing on developing the corporate insurance practice in China.

Prior to joining IAG, Cripps lived and worked in Shanghai for 13 years as a partner in Allens Arthur Robinson and managing director of Glenmore Trading; he has lived and worked as a lawyer in China for more than 13 years and is fully bilingual. In 2006 ALB included Cripps as someone to watch in the annual Roaring 40’s list and was named him in-house high-flyer  the same year.

His appointment follows the arrival of corporate insurance partners Bob Ansehl (New York) and William Tsang (Hong Kong) last year and brings the total number of partners in the global Corporate Insurance team to 18.

“The Chinese insurance market is incredibly exciting and we are building a first class team, with both local insight and a reputation for corporate insurance that is second to none. I look forward to helping to build the global practice both in China and across the region,” said Cripps. Andrew Holderness, global head of the corporate insurance group, said China’s total insurance premiums grew at a rate of 33% in 2010, according to the Chinese regulator, up to approximately US$751bn, in line with the country’s rapid economic development.

IAG is in the process of recruiting a replacement for Cripps. ALB