美国众达前合伙人陶景洲近日以亚洲区管理合伙人的身份加入美国德杰，主要负责发展律所的亚洲事务。在加入众达之前，陶景洲曾是欧华北京代表处的管理合伙人。 

陶景洲在国际仲裁，公司事务及证券业务方面有着丰富的经验，曾是多家中国和国际公司的法律代表。他是国际商会仲裁院和英国伦敦国际仲裁院成员。同时也是中国，香港，美国，新加坡和马来西亚仲裁中心的仲裁员。

Jones Day partner Jingzhou Tao has joined Dechert as the managing partner responsible for developing the firm’s Asia practice. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2007, Tao was managing partner of DLA Piper’s Beijing office.

Tao, who will work in the firm’s International Arbitration and Corporate & Securities practice, has spent more than 25 years advising both Chinese and foreign companies on international arbitration, trade disputes and M&A, as well as joint ventures, intellectual property protection, corporate restructuring and strategic planning.

Tao’s background in international arbitration includes experience gained through working as both counsel and arbitrator. He is currently a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the Advisory Committee of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. He is also chair of the Commission on International Commercial Arbitration of ICC in China, and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Tao is also an arbitrator for arbitration centres in China, Hong Kong, America, Singapore and Malaysia. His arbitration experience extends to working for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, including arbitration for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Ad Hoc Division.

Tao, a graduate of both Peking University and the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), is admitted to legal practice in China and France.

Dechert is an international law firm with over 800 lawyers working in 21 offices across America, Asia and Europe.ALB