On April 23, 2013, Zhong Lun Law Firm announces the opening of its New York office. Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the new office is led by Philip Zhang and T.K. Chang. Both of them have over tens of years of private practice experience with leading international law firms. The office is also supported by over 40 partners in Zhong Lun’s worldwide offices who hold U.S. law degrees, and who would be able to provide clients with seamless round-the-clock legal service.
Xuebing Zhang, the founding partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm stated, “We welcome Philip and T.K. to our partnership, and together, we hope to build a firm that will become one of the best international law firms in the world.”
Philip Zhang stated: “As a licensed Chinese lawyer based in New York, I am in a unique position to be a bridge between U.S. companies and entrepreneurs and their counterparts in China.”
T.K. Chang stated: “We will try to be a problem solver for U.S. companies doing business or investing China, and for Chinese companies doing business or investing in the U.S.”
Philip Zhang is dual licensed to practice law both in China and in the U.S., and holds a JD degree from Columbia and a LLB degree from the China University of Political Science & Law. He has been practicing law in China since 1990, and worked for two years for a top Singapore law firm before enrolling at Columbia. He was one of the first Chinese lawyers to receive a JD degree from a leading U.S. law school, and he was also one of the first China-qualified lawyers to make partner at a major New York law firm. In 2008, Mr. Zhang received the “Outstanding 50 Asian American in Business Award” from the Asian American Business Development Center in New York. He is also the General Counsel of the China Chamber of Commerce in the USA, which is comprised of the U.S. subsidiaries of major Chinese companies.
T.K. Chang holds BA, JD and MBA degrees from Harvard and M.A. degree from Yale, and has been practicing law for over 30 years in New York, Greenwich, Hong Kong and Beijing. Mr. Chang has been doing business in China since1981, when he signed one of the first fast-food agreements in China with the Beijing City government. He also taught one of the first courses in U.S. law to officials of the then-new Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in 1982.
