Hong Kong, the gateway to our Asia practice

The execution of our global business strategy has led Paul Hastings to new markets throughout the world. We have been an “early adapter” in Asia – we opened our first office in the region in Tokyo in 1988. Our success in Tokyo led us to establish our presence in Hong Kong in 2002, which has been the catalyst for our subsequent expansion into Beijing and Shanghai.

Our lawyers in Hong Kong have extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of matters and, in conjunction with our offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo, advise clients in markets throughout Asia including China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Korea, Singapore and the Philippines.  The Hong Kong office also works closely with lawyers in the firm’s offices in the United States and Europe, connecting clients across the world with markets in both the East and West.

Our Hong Kong office is focused on representing leading investment banks and other financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds and other investment vehicles, and leading companies in a broad array of industries, in their most sophisticated and complex transactions in Asia and elsewhere around the world. Our Hong Kong-based practice groups include:

• Capital Markets – global public offerings originating in Hong Kong and Korea; high-yield, convertible bond and equity-linked securities offerings by issuers from across the Asia region; NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ offerings by Asian issuers; and block trades
• Private Equity – representing leading investors and portfolio companies in China, Korea, India and elsewhere in Asia in buy-out and growth capital transactions
• Banking and finance – including bank lending, leveraged finance in support of major M&A transactions, and restructurings
• M&A – public and private mergers and acquisitions
• Real Estate – debt finance, development, private equity investment and M&A deals
• Project development and finance – including energy and infrastructure

We have assembled one of Asia’s strongest teams of lawyers, many of whom are recognized as being among the leading individual practitioners in our markets.  As a result, our Hong Kong-based lawyers are constantly in demand to advise on the region’s most significant deals, covering a wide range of types of transactions and industries.

Our market-leading reputation is evidenced by our numerous “Deal of the Year” and “Team of the Year” awards and by our consistently high rankings in the Asian capital markets, corporate, private equity, leveraged finance, M&A and project finance league tables.