Beijing-headquartered Jincheng Tongda & Neal has opened a new office in Tokyo, the firm’s eleventh overall, and only overseas branch. 

The Tokyo office focuses on foreign investment, international trade, merger & acquisition, restructuring, tax, antitrust, intellectual property, healthcare, real estate, mobile, employment, litigation and arbitration.  

“The economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan is booming, which offers us great business opportunities,” the firm said in a statement. 

The 10-lawyer-to-be Tokyo will be led by senior partner Xuewei Zhao, who has experience representing Japanese clients in corporate matters. He earlier spent five years as a foreign legal counsel with Komatsu, Koma & Nishikawa in Japan.   

The other key members in the new office are senior partners Guodong Zhang and Yinglan Jin, and special counsel Yanase Masahito. Masahito joined the firm from PwC Tax Japan where he was director, Certified Public Accountant, and Certified Public Tax Accountant of the China Business Group.

金诚同达律师事务所东京办事处正式成立

金诚同达律师事务所东京办事处正式成立，东京办事处是金诚同达第11个办公室，也是目前唯一的境外办公室。

东京办公室主要业务领域包括外商投资、国际贸易、并购、企业重整、税务、反垄断、知识产权、医药医疗、不动产、汽车、劳动、诉讼与仲裁。

 “中日两国在经贸领域的合作正形成更加互补和紧密的局面，金诚同达日本业务也将迎来更广阔的发展空间。”该所在新闻稿中称。

东京办事处律师人数预计达到10人规模，赵雪巍律师将任东京办事处总负责人，赵律师为日本企业在华投资提供全面法律支持与服务方面经验丰富。早先，赵律师曾以外国法顾问律师身份加入日本小松狛西川法律事务所执业五年。

东京办事处另三位负责人包括高级合伙人张国栋律师和金英兰律师，前普华永道日本中国事业部总责任人、注册会计师、注册税务师簗瀬正人先生将作为特别顾问鼎力加盟。

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