为进一步加强欧洲跨境业务团队实力，打造欧洲服务平台，金杜律师事务所（“金杜”）法兰克福办公室将于2017年10月1日迎来两位公司及融资业务领域的新合伙人加盟。两位合伙人为赵辉和Daniel Ehret。
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is expanding its European platform to further enhance its cross-border capability with the addition of corporate and finance partners, Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret who will both join the Frankfurt office on 1 October 2017.
赵辉和Daniel Ehret的加盟体现了金杜全球和德国的发展战略，他们的加入将为金杜欧洲在公司与融资业务以及中德投资方面注入新的力量并成为法兰克福现有合伙人团队的重要补充。今年年初，金杜重组德国办公室，法兰克福的四位合伙人， Christian Cornett、Rudolf Haas、Rüdiger Knopf和Sandra Link参与了重组。近几个月，德国团队积极扩充，迎来了公司业务领域顾问Tilmann Becker等新成员，而此次赵辉和Daniel Ehret更是首批新加入的合伙人。
Consistent with KWM’s global and German strategic priorities, Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret bring significant additional corporate finance expertise including for clients involved in Sino-German investments. They will complement the currently four partner-strong Frankfurt team of Christian Cornett, Rudolf Haas, Rüdiger Knopf and Sandra Link, who together re-formed the KWM firm in Germany earlier this year with the establishment of KWM Europe Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. While the German team has already grown over the last months, e.g. by the joining of corporate counsel Tilmann Becker, Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret are the first of a group of partners to join.
赵辉的主要执业领域为公司业务，加入法兰克福办公室后将专注于中国投资者在德国的并购业务。赵辉在跨境投资领域有丰富的经验，曾为众多中国客户在德投资及德国客户在华投资提供法律服务。过去十年间，他执业于领先的德国律师事务所-诺尔，作为律所中级合伙人负责开发诺尔的在华业务。加入诺尔之前，赵辉于德国法合联合律师事务所的法兰克福及上海办公室工作。赵辉拥有德国律师执业资格且母语为中文，他的加入将使金杜团队如虎添翼，进一步增强金杜在德国为中德交易提供法律服务的能力。
Based in Frankfurt, Hui Zhao is a corporate lawyer specialising in Chinese M&A in Germany. Hui Zhao has significant experience advising a large number of Chinese clients on their investments in Germany, and German clients on their investments into China. Hui Zhao joins from leading German law firm Noerr where he worked as an Associated Partner to develop Noerr’s China practice over the last decade. Before joining Noerr, Hui Zhao worked with then leading German firm Haarmann Hemmelrath in Frankfurt and Shanghai. As a native Chinese speaker and a qualified German lawyer, Hui Zhao is a strong addition to the KWM team and will further enhance KWM’s capability to advise on Sino-German deals on the ground in Germany.
Daniel Ehret专注于融资和重组业务，加入金杜前在美国瑞生律师事务所执业。拥有超过十年的执业经验，为贷款人的银行和债务基金以及借款人公司在本地和跨境收购融资交易和一般性企业贷款项目中提供专业法律服务。此外，Daniel Ehret还在重组项目中（如，救助融资、困境收购、破产计划和债转股等）代表投资者、贷款人、其他债权人以及面临困境的公司。
Daniel Ehret is a finance and restructuring specialist who joins KWM from Latham & Watkins. He has more than 10 years’ experience in advising banks and debt funds as lenders and companies as borrowers on national and cross-border acquisition financing transactions and general corporate lending. In addition, Daniel Ehret represents investors, lenders and other creditors as well as distressed companies on restructurings (e.g., in connection with rescue financings, distressed M&A, insolvency plans and debt-to-equity-swaps).
金杜全球主席王俊峰表示：“很庆幸我们在法兰克福保留了深厚的业务根基，这得益于一支精干的团队，他们愿意与我们共享全球愿景。赵辉和Daniel Ehret的到来将进一步加强我们在当地的服务能力，也标志着我们对德国市场以及我们根据本地和国际客户的需求，有步骤地投入的长期承诺。”
Wang Junfeng, Global Chairman of KWM, said: “We are fortunate to have retained a strong foundation in Frankfurt with a quality team of lawyers who share our global vision. The arrival of Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret further enhance our on-the-ground offering and signal our long-term commitment to the German market and our intention to invest in smart growth aligned to the needs of local and international clients.”
金杜全球管理合伙人阚思思表示：“我们有志成为亚洲地区全球领先的律师事务所。赵辉和Daniel Ehret的加入将推动金杜德国团队成为欧洲业务中的领头羊，为实现我们的愿景提供强有力的支持，也标志着我们迈进了重要战略性的一步。公司并购（尤其是针对我们的中国客户）、银行和重组业务在事务所全球范围内都是核心业务也是我们的优势所在，我们期待为团队注入新力量后，将进一步拓展客户范围。”
Sue Kench, Global Managing Partner of KWM, said: “Our vision is to be the leading global law firm for Asia. The addition of Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret to help spearhead the growth of our German practice in Europe underpins our vision and represents a significant strategic step forward. The areas of corporate M&A (particularly for our Chinese clients), banking and restructuring are core areas of focus and strength globally and we look forward to growing our client base with these additional capabilities.”
金杜北京办公室的资深并购合伙人徐萍在中德并购交易方面具有丰富的经验，她从中国的视角评论：“我们非常高兴赵辉和Daniel Ehret将加入我们的德国团队。在交易当中，中国客户经常要求能用中文直接沟通的资深律师参与。现在有了赵辉，我们可以在德国当地提供这样的服务了。随着融资需求日趋普遍和复杂，Daniel可以帮助我们满足客户的这些需求。”
Xu Ping, Senior M&A partner in KWM’s Beijing office with significant experience in Sino-German M&A transactions, added from a Chinese perspective: “We are delighted that Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret will join our German team. Chinese clients regularly require a senior Chinese speaking lawyer as a direct point of contact during a transaction and with Hui Zhao, we can now offer such a service on the ground in Germany. As financing has become more prevalent and sophisticated, with Daniel we are able to meet these needs of our clients.”
法兰克福办公室合伙人Rudolf Haas表示：“我们与赵辉和Daniel Ehret相识多年，我们非常荣幸能有他们这样经验丰富的律师加入，使我们在德国能够提供全面的法律服务。我们专注于私募、公司融资交易和中国投资项目，在这些方面具备核心竞争力，也正是这一点说服了两位离开成熟的体系选择加入我们的团队。”
Rudolf Haas, partner in the Frankfurt office, states: “We have known Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret for years and feel privileged to welcome such experienced lawyers to complete our offering in Germany. Our focus on our proven core-strengths, namely private equity, corporate finance transactions and Chinese investments, has convinced both joiners to leave established structures in order to join our team.”
法兰克福办公室合伙人Christian Cornett补充道：“我们热烈欢迎赵辉和Daniel Ehret加入法兰克福团队。赵辉在中德交易中的重要市场地位将进一步提高金杜在德国为中德交易提供服务的能力。而Daniel将帮助我们在德国提供更为综合全面的银行及融资服务。感谢我们的长期客户，我们业务和团队均有所扩大，相信未来还会有更大的发展。”
Christian Cornett, partner in the Frankfurt office, added: “We warmly welcome Hui Zhao and Daniel Ehret to our Frankfurt team. Hui’s market standing in the Sino-German community will further improve KWM’s capability to advise on Sino-German deals in Germany. And Daniel will help us to offer an even more comprehensive banking and finance capability in Germany. Thanks to our loyal client base, our business and team have grown considerably and we are confident that there is more to come.”
