Harneys has expanded its Asia operations with the official launch of its Shanghai office as a fully operational legal and fiduciary services firm.

The global offshore law firm was granted a licence to offer international legal services by China’s Ministry of Justice earlier this year, making it the first offshore law firm with a full service legal team on the ground in China.

The Shanghai team will be led by Kristy Calvert, who has more than 15 years’ experience of working on cross-border transactions, ten of which were gained in the PRC.

The team will work alongside Harneys’ two other full service...