Our lawyers in Beijing represent Fortune Global 500 companies and financial institutions in cross-border transactions in the Greater China region. We also advise Chinese companies and financial institutions on their strategic outbound investments into the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and other global markets.

A LEADER IN ASIA

Paul Hastings was one of the first major international law firms to establish an Asia practice, and today we continue to be a leader in the region. Our Beijing team works closely with our offices in Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, and Tokyo to advise clients throughout Asia.

CLIENT SUCCESSES

• Represented ICBC International in its investment into JD Logistics’ US$2.5B Series A financing.

• Represented Ascent Real Estate Investors and SDP Investment in the formation of an institutional investor consortium and the consortium’s US$1.34B acquisition of Dinghao Electronics Plaza located in Zhongguancun, Beijing.

• Represented Fosun Pharmaceutical in forming a strategic alliance with Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech) to develop and commercialize a vaccine that prevents COVID-19 infections, and a proposed equity investment of ordinary shares in BioNTech.

GUIDING DEALMAKERS AND FOSTERING GROWTH

• The lawyers in our

  Mergers and Acquisitions
  practice structure complex cross-border transactions and investments, and have been recognized in the Asian Legal Business M&A Rankings.

• Our

  Capital Markets
  practice advises some of the largest Chinese companies on a wide range of capital markets transactions, including Hong Kong, NYSE, and NASDAQ initial public offerings.

• Our

  Private Investment Funds
  practice serves fund sponsors, institutional investors, lenders, placement agents, and investment advisers, among others, in all aspects of structuring and documenting new private investment funds.

• Our Anti-Corruption and FCPA team includes former government officials and prosecutors that advise clients on complex investigations and handled some of the largest FCPA matters ever resolved.    

• The firm’s Investigation and White Collar Defense team handles high-stakes government Investigations, litigation, and corporate compliance, including anti-trust and competition, global trade controls, privacy and data security, securities enforcement, and white collar matters.