Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that Matthew Durham will join the firm’s Shanghai office as a partner in its labor and employment practice. Mr. Durham was formerly a partner with Clyde & Co. where he was head of the employment team for mainland China and Hong Kong. The arrival of Mr. Durham expands Winston & Strawn’s labor and employment practice and is in line with the firm’s continued commitment to growth in Asia.
“We are delighted to welcome Matthew to the Winston & Strawn team,” said Bertrand Theaud, Shanghai office managing partner. “His extensive experience with labor law issues in China will be a welcome addition to the firm both in Asia and globally.”
“Matthew’s arrival in the Shanghai office is part of our strategic initiative to better serve our existing clients and expand our labor and employment offerings in Asia,” added Rex Sessions, partner and chairman of the firm’s labor and employment practice.
Mr. Durham joins Winston & Strawn nearly one year after his Clyde & Co. colleague, Brinton M. Scott, a partner based in the Shanghai office focusing on corporate, intellectual property, and employment law matters. The lateral hires are a strategic step in growing the firm’s maturing footprint in Asia with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
Mr. Durham advises clients across a diverse range of sectors, including insurance, pharmaceutical, retail, financial, automotive, aerospace, and high-end technology. Mr. Durham’s labor and employment law experience includes employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, employment contracts, handbooks and policies, international secondments, advice and counseling, labor union issues, stock options and incentive schemes, social insurance and welfare issues, employee inventor remuneration schemes, restrictive covenants, data protection, employee fraud, and employment disputes.
“Winston & Strawn has an excellent reputation as a global law firm,” Mr. Durham said. “I look forward to introducing my clients to the strength of its highly recognized labor and employment practice.”
