For more than two decades, Paul, Weiss has been a leader in almost every kind of transaction and in every sector in China. Its multinational team of Western-trained, Chinese-speaking attorneys has expertise in Chinese law and international business transactions, as well as a history of close involvement in numerous precedent-setting foreign investment transactions in the PRC.
Paul, Weiss represents many leading U.S., international and Asian companies in their China-related matters, which include the establishment of foreign-invested enterprises, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, project finance, securities offerings, real estate development, the protection of intellectual property, and complex dispute resolution. It has been involved in a broad range of industries throughout China, including telecommunications, media, entertainment, power, property development, petroleum, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, computers and consumer goods. It also has extensive experience and contacts in areas of active foreign investment interest, including Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Nanjing, Guangdong, Suzhou, Xiamen, Shangdong and Chongqing.
The Paul, Weiss China Practice operates as a single, seamlessly integrated practice, incorporating all the separate offices into one successful practice. The vibrant China Practice is staffed principally by lawyers from the firm’s Beijing, Hong Kong, and New York offices, with support from its Tokyo and Washington, D.C. offices. Its Beijing office, one of a limited number of approved foreign law firm offices in China, has been a prominent member of Beijing’s legal community since opening in 1981. The Beijing and Hong Kong offices work together as one unit, with attorneys frequently splitting their time between the two locations. Where necessary, the firm works closely with qualified PRC counsel throughout China.