Fenwick & West has hired a corporate partner to lay the groundwork for an office in China — the firm’s first overseas.
With the help of Eva Wang from Covington & Burling, Fenwick will soon apply for a license to practice law in China through an office in Shanghai. The outpost will open shortly after approval is granted, a process that Fenwick Chair Gordon Davidson said he expects to take six months to a year. Fenwick will also be advised by veteran China expert Carmen Chang, who resigned from Covington earlier this year to devote more time to the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates, where she is managing director for Asia.
