Our broad reach throughout Asia begins with a strong platform in the heart of China’s capital.

China occupies a prominent place in the strategic goals of many of Paul Hastings’ largest institutional clients. Along with an expert knowledge of local law, successful business relationships in China require timely knowledge and understanding of a complex and evolving environment.

Powered by one of the largest Asia practices among international law firms, our Beijing office provides services to international clients operating in China and throughout the region. Housing an integrated team of Chinese, Japanese, North American and European legal professionals, the Beijing office works closely with our offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo to offer full service legal advice across all of our core practices.

The Beijing office offers a wide range of resources within China, enabling our clients to find realistic solutions for Corporate business matters including foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, banking, corporate finance, project finance, non-performing loans, insurance, intellectual property law, infrastructure, distribution and retail, international trade, and alternative dispute resolution. Our award winning real estate department, which boasts one of the largest teams amongst the international law firm’s operating in China, has expertise and practical deal experience in areas ranging from real estate finance and capital markets transactions, to joint ventures, to hotel and resort development and operations, to construction and development. Finally, our Employment Law group handles the full spectrum of employment law matters which are critical to any international companies with operations in China.

Our Japan-China Practice

Paul Hastings is one of the few international firms in China to provide a dedicated and experienced Japan-China team. Led by a Japan-qualified (bengoshi) partner in Shanghai and a U.S. partner in Beijing, our Japan-China team advises Japanese and international clients on their investments in China across a broad range of issues, and works to achieve creative, practical and commercially successful solutions for their investments and business operations in both China and Japan. Paul Hastings offers attorneys fluent in, among other languages, Cantonese, English, Japanese and Mandarin.

Additional Information About China

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP is licensed in the People's Republic of China as a foreign law firm permitted to advise clients on certain aspects of their international transactions and operations. Like all foreign law firms operating in China, we are not authorized to practice Chinese law.