Wang Junfeng

Wang Junfeng (Chinese: 王俊峰; pinyin: Wáng Jùnfēng) is a Chinese lawyer and politician. He currently is the Global Chairman of multinational law firm King & Wood Mallesons.

Education

Wang obtained his LLB and LLM from Jilin University. He received his second LLM and a JSD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.

Career

Professional

He was the principal founding partner of King & Wood PRC Lawyers, one of China's largest law firms before its 2012 combination with Australian firm Mallesons Stephens Jacques.^[1][2] Before founding King & Wood, Wang headed the Commercial Law Department of the China Global Law Office, which a section of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade. When private law firms were first permitted in China, Wang was among the first to launch a private firm. Wang has advised on many of China's landmark legal matters.

Political

Wang was a Communist Party of China delegate to the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[3] In 2015, Wang courted controversy during the annual national conference because the proposed resolution he brought to the conference advocated official status for the Chinese calendar, rather than issues relating to the welfare of lawyers or the rule of law in China.^[4]

Wang was the President of the All China Lawyers Association. In 2014, a petition campaign was mounted by Chinese lawyers to seek Wang's dismissal over draft professional rules for lawyers proposed by the All China Lawyers Association under Wang's leadership which would restrict lawyers' rights to comment on legal issues on the internet or to generate publicity for cases, rules which were widely seen as aimed at restricting civil rights lawyers' ability to generate public support for their cases.^[5]

Wang was also selected as one of China's Outstanding Lawyers by the Ministry of Justice of China.^[6]

Previously, he was the director of the Chamber of Commerce 2005 Committee. He was also a member of the Sixth Share Issue Audit Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.^[7]

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