01 December 2015 Press releases

Further growth in China: GvW Graf von Westphalen expands its Shanghai office with two new Associates

The German law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen has expanded its Shanghai office with two further associates: Lilü Zhou and De Bi will in future support the team around partners Patrick Heid and Dr. Oliver Maaz in advising German and international companies in China.

Lilü Zhou joins GvW from the US-Chinese law firm Dacheng/Dentons. Being admitted to the bar in China and in the U.S. (New York and California), she has worked in San Francisco in the last two years. Ms Zhou, who is fluent in Mandarin and English, studied at Cornell University in the U.S. and at the Shanghai International Studies University.

In addition, De Bi has joined the firm who has previously been with the Shanghai office of Rödl & Partner for the last three years. Mr Bi studied at the Shanghai Normal University and at the University of Passau (Germany) and in addition to Chinese and English is also fluent in German.

For many European SMEs, China remains one of the most important foreign markets. In view of the constantly changing economic, legal and social environment, German and European companies increasingly rely on competent local acvice for their growth in China. GvW now counts ten lawyers at its Shanghai office. For its China outbound business, the firm has also recently expanded its team with a German lawyer of Chinese origin joining its Frankfurt office.

 

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