Lawyers in our China offices make up one of the most experienced PRC teams of any international law firm. Operating across many sectors, our teams support clients across a wide range of work. This includes:

  • antitrust and competition;
  • banking and finance;
  • capital markets;
  • corporate finance and advisory;
  • communications, media and technology;
  • financial services regulation;
  • insurance;
  • intellectual property;
  • joint ventures and other strategic investments;
  • litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution;
  • mergers, acquisitions and disposals;
  • private equity; and
  • projects.

Our China offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai are fully integrated and our legal teams support to each other as needed, to provide the best legal advice and service to our clients, wherever and whenever required.

The firm's Hong Kong office was established in 1985. We now have more than 120 partners and other fee earners based there, over half of whom are locally qualified, practising English, Hong Kong and US law and advising on projects across China.

Our Beijing and Shanghai offices were established in 1993. In each office we have over 40 lawyers advising both Chinese clients investing abroad and clients with investments in China. Our China partners are all acknowledged leaders in Chinese law as well as in their own fields of specialisation, bringing a sound knowledge and leadership base to the group.

As well as Hong Kong and China, our practice covers the wider Asia region and, in conjunction with our Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices, Vietnam.

Our lawyers have trained and qualified in many common law jurisdictions. A large number of them have PRC legal training and have passed the PRC Bar exam. Several have previously worked as officials with Chinese government agencies.

Many members of our team are fluent in Mandarin and other Chinese dialects, and also speak English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Thai.

Teresa Ko is Chairman of the China practice, based in Hong Kong.

Melissa Thomas is the managing partner of our Beijing office.

Heiner Braun is the managing partner of our Shanghai office.

Careers

Information on our China careers

Contact

  • Lateral recruitment
  • Michelle Wu
  • Resourcing Manager
  • +852 2846 3337