Oak read law at Fudan University. He then did an LLM at New York University. He joined us as a legal consultant in 2006 and was promoted to associate in 2008.
When I joined, most of the clients
I worked with were multinationals
But now it's more mixed. The market has matured and a lot of the
private equity houses have set up in China as they want to do their
investments in China with local teams.
The most challenging thing for a
junior associate is client contact
You might need to travel with the client to meetings or deal
directly with the general counsel of China entities. That gives you
a lot of exposure and added responsibility; but there is always
support to hand if you need it.
The training and the mentoring
here are very good
We have regular corporate meetings where partners give
presentations on various topics and we discuss different types of
transactions. We also have seminars on specific areas, as well as
Asia conference meetings and special training programmes.
Everyone is always willing to help
out
Freshfields people are open-minded and always willing to help out
one another and take on responsibility. We have an open-door
policy, which means that you can just walk into the room of someone
more senior if you need advice from someone with more
experience.
