Via Law.com
Eversheds Sutherland is in the process of closing its Beijing office, as the office’s managing partner is hired away by Stephenson Harwood.
Jay Ze joins Stephenson Harwood, having most recently led Eversheds’ Beijing office as managing partner and head of the corporate practice for China. He was the office’s sole remaining partner.
Ze, who focuses on cross-border M&A work, will be joining Stephenson Harwood in Hong Kong once the regulatory processes have completed, the firm said.
Eversheds’ Beijing closure makes it the first U.K.-founded law firm to shutter an office in Mainland China, though the drivers and circumstances differ to that of its American counterparts.
It comes as the firm plans a re-entry into Singapore.
It would mark a return to the city state, the firm having previously partnered with domestic player Harry Elias, a relationship that ended after three years in 2020.
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