Ms. Utterback is a veteran negotiator, representing her clients in dispute resolution. She was recently part of the team that negotiated the Apple iPad trademark dispute and negotiated claims relating to the underwater cabling between Guangzhou and Hainan. Ms. Utterback has extensively negotiated shareholder and investor disputes and worked with BOD and Audit Committees to regain control of rogue companies.
Ms. Utterback joined King & Wood Mallesons in 2010 prior to which she was a managing partner at a US firm’s Shanghai office and a leading partner with their international dispute practice. She received her J.D. from Maryland School of Law with honors (1991), having studied law as a graduate student at China Renmin University for two years (1985-1987) following her undergraduate degree at McGill University where she graduated with honors (1985). She is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a registered foreign lawyer in China.
胡梅女士于2010年加入金杜律师事务所。在加入金杜之前，胡梅女士是美国一家律师事务所上海代表处的管理合伙人、及该所国际争议解决组的主要负责人之一。
胡梅女士于1991年获得马里兰大学法学博士学位。胡梅女士早年在加拿大的麦吉尔大学就读，并获得杰出学士学位（1985），之后她在中国人民大学进行了两年的法学研究生学习（1985-1987）。胡梅女士有美国哥伦比亚特区、马里兰州及弗吉尼亚州的律师执业资格，同时也是中国司法部批准的注册外国律师。