Mitch Dudek is living his personal China Dream launching the Shanghai / Suzhou region's most astonishing ancient folk arts museum. A four decade passion for preserving China's past led Mitch to establish the Six Arts Museum | 六悦博物馆 , which houses what is perhaps one of China's largest, most varied and fascinating collections of ancient Chinese folk art, including wood and stone carvings, antique Chinese provincial furniture, furnishings, decorative paintings and architectural elements. Mitch was the founding partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Shanghai office. and served as the managing partner of that office until he retired in October 2021. He now serves as Counsel to the firm.Before joining Morgan Lewis, Mitch was the founding and managing partner of Jones Day's and Paul Hastings successful China practices. He then became the first Asia Pacific regional managing partner for Dentons. overseeing an expansion which included the addition of offices throughout the region, and the addition of well over 2,000 lawyers in China and regionally. Mitch has over 30 years of experience helping leading global companies, financial institutions, developers and funds succeed in China, and China-based companies succeed outside of China. His practice encompasses a broad range of corporate. M&A and finance transactions involving China and Asia, including real estate, private equity investments, acquisitions and divestitures, consolidation and restructuring transactions, direct foreign investments and joint ventures, restricted industry investments, non-performing loan transactions, energy and infrastructure, technology licensing, fund formation, and franchising.