25 JULY 2019 Top 10 Headlines | ELIZABETH BEATTIE Jeanette K. Chan, a former China practice managing partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, is leaving the firm after three decades to take up a role with Tencent-backed fintech “unicorn” Airwallex, ALB has reliably learnt. Chan will be joining as chief legal and compliance officer.
Joining Chan at Airwallex is Paul Weiss counsel Corinna Yu, ALB additionally understands. Yu’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and foreign direct investments into China. She spent more than 20 years at Paul Weiss and will be joining Airwallex as director of legal. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Jeanette K. Chan, a former China practice managing partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, is leaving the firm after three decades to take up a role with Tencent-backed fintech “unicorn” Airwallex, ALB has reliably learnt. Chan will be joining as chief legal and compliance officer. Full Article |
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