总部位于北京的安理律师事务所正式在加拿大爱德华王子岛省设立北美办公室。
据悉，安理北美办公室将由新加盟的合伙人许晓萌律师负责主理，同样刚加入的荣誉顾问詹姆斯·麦克纳特以及顾问萨拉·黄提供专业咨询。未来，安理北美办公室将聚焦于投资并购、国际知识产权、家族信托、移民置业、国际贸易纠纷争议解决等领域。
许律师的专业领域为涉外投资并购、国际知识产权、诉讼仲裁、家族信托等。加入安理之前，他曾先后供职于涉外律师事务所、美国驻华大使馆商务处、世界500强企业、国内大型头部上市公司和互联网公司。
安理主任王清友律师表示：“随着中国企业海外业务的积极拓展，律师行业也迎来了国际化的新机遇。安理此次海外布局恰逢其时，意义重大。希望新办公室的设立与三位同仁的加入，能够助力事务所深化专业分工，提升服务精准度和专业度，抓住跨境法律服务的新机遇，为客户提供更高质量、更有效率的涉外法律服务，从而为律所的可持续发展筑牢稳固基础。”
安理在一份新闻稿中表示，北美办公室的设立标志着其在构建全球化法律服务网络、提升涉外法律服务质效方面迈出了坚实的一步，该所也同样是在该省设立办公室的首家中国所。
PRC’s Anli launches North American office
Beijing-based law firm Anli Partners has entered the North American legal market with the opening of an office in Prince Edward Island, Canada, becoming the first Chinese firm to establish a presence in the province.
This is Anli’s second international expansion following the launch of its Tokyo office.
The new office will be led by principal partner Xu Xiaomeng, with support from honorary counsel James McNutt, and consultant Sara Huang.
The three newly added lawyers specialise in investment, mergers and acquisitions, international intellectual property, family trusts, immigration, real estate, and international trade dispute resolution.
Xu specializes in foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, international intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, and family trusts. Prior to joining Anli, Xu has served in foreign-related law firms, the Commercial Office of the U.S. Embassy in China, Fortune 500 enterprises, large domestic leading listed companies and internet companies.
"With the active expansion of Chinese enterprises' overseas business, the legal industry has also ushered in new opportunities for internationalization. Anli's overseas layout is timely and of great significance. We hope that the establishment of the new office and the joining of the three colleagues can help the law firm deepen professional division of labor, improve service accuracy and professionalism, seize new opportunities for cross-border legal services, provide clients with higher quality and more efficient foreign-related legal services, and lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the law firm," says Wang Qingyou, head of Anli.
The move marks a solid step taken by the Security Council in building a global legal service network and improving the quality and efficiency of foreign-related legal services, Anli said in a statement.
“In the future, the Security Council will also take the establishment of its North American office as a new starting point to further leverage its advantages in cross-border legal services, cultivate legal talents with international perspectives and cross-cultural communication abilities, continue to promote the integration of China's legal service market with the international community,” Anli added.
