Jones is qualified in the US and Hong Kong, and is a fluent Mandarin speaker. He was previously at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he headed the firm’s China practice for 10 years and most recently was head of their China ACT (anti-trust, trade and competition) practice based in Beijing. He has been resident in Asia since 1980, with more than 25 years of broad-based experience in China. During that time he participated in transactions that were the first of their kind in China. His practice reflects a broad diversity of corporate, commercial and M&A transactions in a variety of sectors including oil & gas, power, finance and infrastructure.

Jones is ranked by Chambers Global 2006 as a leading lawyer in the areas of corporate and M&A. He is also listed in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2006 as one of the most highly-acclaimed legal experts in the “competition/anti-trust”, “project finance” and “M&A” categories.

Allen & Overy’s Beijing managing partner Peter Thorp, comments: “[Jones’] extensive China experience, language skills and strong reputation in the China market will greatly enhance the capabilities of Allen & Overy’s China practice and further bolster our US law capability in China, in partnership with our New York office and other 230 US lawyers in the firm.”

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