Our Hong Kong office handles a broad range of international commercial, transactional, investment, finance, securities, taxation, trade, regulatory and dispute matters.

Our lawyers represent North American, European and other entities, multilateral institutions and individuals doing business and investing in Asia.

We also represent Asian-based entities and individuals in their international business activities and investments in the United States, Asia and other offices throughout the world.

Our Hong Kong lawyers advise our clients on:

• Cross-border acquisitions, mergers, dispositions and investments of all types.
• International joint ventures and other forms of direct investment, including advising on the appropriate legal form and the relevant laws and regulations affecting the approval, establishment and operation of joint ventures and other enterprises.
• Infrastructure project development and finance transactions, representing developers, owners, investors, multilateral institutions, export credit agencies, commercial lenders, project contractors, suppliers, operators and others.
• International energy transactions involving oil and gas exploration and development, transportation, refining and marketing; electricity generation, transmission and distribution; natural resources matters; and renewable energy projects.
• International arbitration and other commercial dispute resolution.
• Commercial real estate, hotel and gaming investment, management and operational matters.
• Initial and secondary public offerings of equity and debt securities, private equity and debt financing and venture capital arrangements.
• Cross-border equipment leasing.
• Telecommunications projects and matters.
• Manufacturing, licensing, distribution, agency, technology transfer and technical assistance agreements.
• Workouts and restructuring transactions.
• International tax planning for entities and individuals.
• International trade, insurance, labor and employment matters.

Our work in the Asia-Pacific region has included projects in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

We represent clients engaged in many different businesses and industries, including oil and gas, power generation, infrastructure development, transportation, commercial real estate, hotels, gaming, telecommunications, technology, e-commerce, health care, biotechnology, manufacturing, textiles and apparel, consumer electronics, publishing and financial services, among others.

Awards

Corporate / M&A 

• Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 gives the firm top rankings in its core services.
• Lawyers in our China team have been selected by Chambers Global as being among the leading lawyers in China-related corporate / M&A for each of the past five years (2007-2011)
• The Chambers Asia Guide recognized the firm as a leading law firm for its Corporate/M&A work in China. (2011)
• The Chambers Global Guide recognized the firm as a leading law firm for its Corporate/M&A work in China/Hong Kong. (2011)
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide recognized the firm for its Corporate/M&A work in Hong Kong. (2012)
• Lawyers in our China team have been selected by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2009 as leading lawyers in the general corporate and M&A service areas
• Chinalaw Profiles 2008 Directory, a guide to greater China's law firms and legal markets, listed the firm among the top M&A firms in China

Projects and energy

• Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 gives the firm top rankings in its core services.
• The Chambers Global Guide recognized the firm for its work in Projects & Energy in Asia. (2011)
• The Chambers Asia Guide ranked the firm as a leading firm in seven service areas and ranked six of our lawyers as leading individuals. For two consecutive years, Chambers has recognized the firm as a leading firm in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy throughout Asia. (2011)
• The Chambers Global Guide listed the firm as one of the leading law firms for Energy & Natural Resources in Asia. (2011)
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, a guide to Asia's commercial law firms, has ranked the firm as one of the recommended firms in China and Hong Kong projects and energy. (2012)

Dispute resolution

• Chambers Asia Pacific gives the firm top rankings in its core services. (2012)
• Chambers Global 2011 and Chambers Asia 2011 have recognized the firm as a leading firm and a firm lawyer as being among the leading individuals in Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (China)
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has ranked the firm as one of the recommended firms in China and Hong Kong in dispute resolution. (2012)
• Asialaw Profiles 2011 recommends the firm dispute resolution team in Asia and a Hong Kong-based lawyer a prominent litigator and arbitration specialist.
• The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration (2010, 2011) and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2010, 2011) have named a Hong Kong-based firm lawyer as being among the "world's pre-eminent commercial arbitration specialists"
• A Hong Kong-based firm lawyer has been recommended in the Guide to the World's Leading Commercial Arbitration Experts (Euromoney, 8th edition, 2009)