Press Release
| September 30, 2011
Hong Kong Association Boosts Dewey & LeBoeuf's Asia Practice
(HONG KONG – September 30, 2011) – Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is pleased to announce that it has entered into an association with Joyce Sze Ho Chan & Co in Hong Kong. Ms. Chan is the principal of Dewey & LeBoeuf's associate firm, having previously been Head of Legal for AXA China Region Insurance, in Hong Kong.
Ingrid Zhu-Clark, Chair of the firm's Asia Practice, commented: "Our association with Joyce is a very welcome addition to our capabilities in Asia, allowing us to offer clients advice under Hong Kong law. Joyce will work in close collaboration with our teams in Hong Kong and Beijing, and her expertise will be especially useful to our many insurance industry clients."
Cynthia Shoss, Co-Chair of Dewey & LeBoeuf's Insurance Regulatory Department, commented: "Joyce will help us to significantly expand our top tier international insurance practice in the exciting growth markets of China and the wider Asian region. Joyce has a great all-round background in insurance regulatory matters, as well as corporate transactions as they relate to the insurance industry. She also has very valuable experience accrued in over a decade of working in-house with major international insurance companies and also in private practice."
Ms. Chan has been Head of Legal at AXA – Hong Kong for two years, and joined the firm from New York Life Insurance Worldwide, where she spent five years as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Ms. Chan also previously worked in Deacons' Hong Kong office.
Dewey & LeBoeuf's insurance practice supports insurance and reinsurance clients around the world, with an international network of insurance industry lawyers located in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The firm has been consistently recognized as one of the top international law firms serving the insurance industry.
In Asia, the firm regularly advises insurance companies and investors on insurance related transactions, market entry and regulatory issues in the region. The firm's Beijing and Hong Kong offices have advised insurance clients such as MetLife (including representing MetLife on its US$16.2 billion acquisition of ALICO), ACE, AIA, AIG, Ambac, AWAC, Catlin, Chubb, Fidelity National Financial, Fosun, Lancashire, Nippon Life, Sinosure, Validus and W.R. Berkley.
In addition to insurance, the firm's Asia offices advise on a wide variety of corporate transactions. Highlights in the past year include advising state-owned China Aviation Industry General Aircraft on the acquisition of US aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Industries, Inc., representing Chinese online education company Idapted in its merger with US technology company Eleutian Technology and advising United Energy Group Limited on the US$775 million acquisition of all of BP's upstream oil and gas assets in Pakistan.
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