Mr Fu has experience of working in the people's court in Jiang Xi province in China, as well as at an investment advisory company in China handling IPO issues: he joins Withers as a paralegal from French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. 

Timothy Burns, an associate from the Withers Bergman LLP New Haven office, has also recently joined the Hong Kong team, the third full-time US-qualified fee-earner advising on wealth planning issues.  

Withers' Hong Kong office launched in January 2008 and now has eight full time fee-earners.