King & Wood adds three partners in China and US

King & Wood adds three partners in China and US King & Wood has hired partners Arthur Zhang, Wu Nan and Zhao Shuang to its Shanghai, Guangzhou and Silicon Valley offices, respectively. Zhang, Wu and Zhao strengthen the firm’s maritime and commercial, special assets and cross-border IP practices, respectively. Before joining King & Wood, Zhang practised at the Shanghai office of DeHeng Law Offices from 2018. He previously spent nine years as a partner at Liaoning-based Tytop Law Firm. With nearly 30 years of legal experience, he focuses on foreign-related commercial and maritime matters. He has represented domestic and international insurers, shipowners and other clientsin major cross-border commercial and maritime matters. Wu has more than 10 years of experience in commercial and distressed asset matters. Before joining King & Wood, he was a senior partner at Guangdong-based Guozhi Law Firm. His practice covers special assets including: acquisitions, management and disposal; structured investment and financing; consensual debt restructuring; and enforcement. He has worked throughout the lifecycle of projects as transaction, recovery and restructuring counsel, and advises institutions including China’s five national financial asset management companies. Before joining King & Wood, Zhao was a partner at US IP firm Zhong Law, based in Princeton. He also practised at US firms Fish & Richardson, and Condo Roccia Koptiw. With a focus on cross-border IP matters, Zhao has nearly 20 years of combined experience in technology R&D and IP law, bringing together an engineering background and patent law expertise. His practice includes patent prosecution and portfolio management, patent licensing, IP strategy and patent disputes.