Fraser Mendel | Partner, FM Legal Group PS

Fraser Mendel is a business and technology lawyer, who has been representing clients for 19 years in the United States, China, and other countries around the world. He worked as a lawyer based in Beijing, China for 12 years, following five years in Taiwan as a student and a journalist. He speaks Mandarin, and writes and speaks frequently on international technology issues and cross-border transactions. After practicing for years at multi-national law firms, at the beginning of 2014 Fraser set up the FM Legal Group, a boutique law firm located in Seattle (www.fmlegalgroup.com). Committed to building deeper and stronger international connections, Fraser is active as the Vice Chair of the Washington State China Relations Council, Chair-elect of the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar Association and is on the Boards of the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, Washington Council on International Trade, as well as the educational non-profits One World Now and the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Washington.