Beijing-headquartered Jingtian & Gongcheng has expanded in Shanghai after hiring dozens of corporate and PE lawyers – including two senior counsel and five partners – from AllBright Law Offices, and partner Zhijie Du from DLA Piper.

The two senior counsel are Zhengchao Wang, who previously led AllBright’s corporate and PE team, and Richard Chung Yi Lee. The five partners from Allbright are Shaojie Lu, Lichun Yu, Yuanyuan Lu, Yi Qian and Xinyuan Xu. 

Wang, who worked at AllBright for 18 years, focuses on M&A, private equity, venture investment, funds, foreign investment and international commercial deals. Prior to AllBright, he worked in the Hong Kong office at Linklaters. 

“The addition of the whole team will reinforce the firm’s capabilities in international corporate matters, also boost its private equity and venture investment strength,” Jingtian said in a statement. 

Jingtian has been in an expansionary mode. Last month, it made two key hires in Beijing: James Wang, who led Han Kun Law Offices’ private funds practice; and Tracy Liu, who was an employment law partner at UK firm Fieldfisher’s Shanghai office. The firm also established a disputes practice in Hong Kong after hired two lawyers from RPC – partner Gary Yin and senior consultant Ben Yates.

竞天公诚上海办公室迎来公司业务及私募股权和风险投资业务团队前锦天城、欧华律师的加入

竞天公诚律师事务所迎来公司业务及私募股权和风险投资业务团队数十位律师，其中包括来自锦天城律师事务所的两位资深法律顾问和五位合伙人，还有一位来自英国欧华律师事务所的合伙人杜之捷律师。

两位资深法律顾问分别是王正超律师和李重毅律师。王正超律师在锦天城律师事务所期间就带领该公司业务及私募股权和风险投资业务团队。五位新合伙人分别是：卢少杰律师、余黎春律师、陆媛媛律师、钱怡律师和徐欣元律师。

王正超律师在锦天城执业18年，主要执业领域为企业收购与兼并、私募股权与风险投资基金投融资、外商直接投资及国际商业交易。加入锦天城之前，王正超律师曾在年利达律师事务所香港办公室等律所执业。

“这一专业团队的加入将进一步加强竞天公诚在国际公司法律事务以及私募股权和风险投资业务中的资源和专业能力。”竞天公诚在一份新闻稿中说到。

竞天公诚一直在快速发展中。上个月，北京办公室迎来汉坤律师事务所前投资基金部合伙人王勇律师和斐石（上海）律师事务所前劳动法领域专家刘琦律师。饶诗杰和叶子彬两位资深争议解决律师也以合伙人身份加入竞天公诚香港，他们均来自英国RPC律师行香港分行，饶诗杰律师曾担任合伙人，叶子彬律师曾担任高级顾问，他们的加入增强了竞天公诚在争议解决领域的力量。

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