夏礼文律师事务所近日迎来前铭德律师事务所的五位专家以合伙人身份加盟。其中，陈苾律师将担任该所企业与项目合伙人，并将常驻大中华区。

陈律师专注于公司法、商法，包括并购、合资企业、外商直接投资和外国市场进入等领域，涉及包括可再生能源、基础设施和 EPC 项目等多个行业。自2017年加入铭德后，陈律师便一直担任其驻北京首席代表。

陈律师表示：“尽管近期中国支持的海外'巨额交易项目'有所减少，但中国对外并购仍将在全球并购活动中扮演重要角色。凭借夏礼文遍布美洲、欧洲、中东、澳大利亚和亚洲的办事处，我们期待着为中国客户提供跨法域优质法律服务。”

此外，一同加入夏礼文的还有前铭德中国市场负责人韩德理，合伙人Matthew Knox、David Suttner、Bryn Davis。

夏礼文在一份新闻稿中表示，五位合伙人的加入将在进一步扩大其澳大利亚业务的同时，加强该所在亚洲和印度洋-太平洋地区的业务。

HFW adds five partners from MinterEllison

HFW has recently added five experts from MinterEllison including Chen Bi, who will be the corporate and projects partner in HFW and will be based in Greater China.

Chen has been MinterEllison's Chief Representative in Beijing since joining the firm in 2017. She specializes in corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, and foreign market entry. Bi's practice focuses on outbound China M&A across several sectors including renewable energy, infrastructure, and EPC projects. 

"Notwithstanding recent declines in Chinese-backed overseas ‘mega-deals’, Chinese outbound M&A will continue to play an important role in global M&A activity. With HFW’s offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia, we are looking forward to supporting our long-term Chinese clients with seamless legal services on multi-jurisdictional transactions and regulatory matters," says Chen.

In addition, MinterEllison’s former China markets leader Adam Handley, partners Matthew Knox, David Suttner, Bryn Davis will also join HFW with Chen.

HFW addressed in a press release that the addition of the five partners will continue to expand its Australia business and further strengthen its Asia- and Indo-Pacific offering.