Tax Partner David Liu part of triumvirate partnering with McGuireWoods in Shanghai

McGuireWoods and the newly launched Shanghai firm FuJae Partners have announced a strategic alliance. Under the agreement, McGuireWoods and FuJae have agreed to work closely with each other to serve strategic international markets, including the People’s Republic of China.

FuJae was launched by Richard Yao, David Dingfa Liu and Guangming Liu. As of Dec. 1, 2015, it will provide legal and business counsel to state-owned and private Chinese companies and foreign companies doing business in China. Before launching FuJae, Richard and David were partners with JunHe, one of China’s most prestigious firms. Guangming spent over 12 years as an intellectual property specialist at JunHe before joining HuiZhong, where he was a partner.

David Liu, a corporate/tax partner with JunHe, who received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, focuses on U.S. and European companies doing business in China. Prior to joining JunHe, where he was a partner for more than eight years, he was with Coudert Brothers, Sidley Austin and Bryan Cave.

He is one of the top-ranked Corporate/M&A and Tax lawyers in China, according to Chambers Asia and Chambers Global.