Beijing
Opened in 2007, our Beijing office serves as the firm’s China-wide base of operations to assist clients seeking both to enter the Chinese market and to extend their businesses beyond China. The Beijing office works closely with our offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Our lawyers in the Beijing office counsel Chinese firms, as well as foreign investors in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other types of transactional matters. We advise our clients on corporate vehicles and entry modes, deal structuring, due diligence investigations, corporate documents, negotiations with partners, dealing with the relevant governmental authorities and obtaining the necessary approvals for foreign investment in the United States, China or elsewhere.
Our corporate team leads sophisticated capital markets transactions and advises on public and private debt offerings, including initial and secondary public offerings and special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). We are also very well placed to advise clients on U.S./China policy, U.S. sanctions on China, Chinese blocking sanctions and related issues given the strength of our international trade practice.
Akin lawyers are well equipped to help clients navigate both U.S. and Chinese law and to assist Chinese clients in outbound transactions and investments. Our lawyers have worked as in-house counsel for Fortune 100 and 500 companies and major Chinese state-owned companies and other large international organizations. This experience, coupled with our ability to communicate effectively with both U.S. and Chinese regulators, puts us in a strong position to give accurate and practical regulatory advice to our Chinese and foreign clients.