Our expertise in commercial law spans the following nine practice areas. Often, however, we work together in cross-practice, multi-jurisdictional teams.
Our team advises companies from a wide range of industries on their capital markets matters and investments including IPOs and listings, capital raisings, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, pre-IPO investments, divestitures, financings, reorganizations, spin-offs, and other business combinations.
We advise clients on how to best conduct operations to minimize exposure to risk and avoid disputes. We accompany clients through the process of a dispute, whether litigation, international arbitration, or alternative dispute resolution. In our role as trusted advisers to our clients, our priority is to make sure that their commercial objectives are met.
We have a strong track record of success and draw on a wide range of proprietary delivery tools to help clients respond to human resources issues quickly and decisively, and with great sensitivity and foresight.
We act for both financial institutions and corporate borrowers, and represent clients in all aspects of financing transactions, from origination and negotiation, to documentation and closing.
The team comprises Funds, Financial Services Regulatory, Insurance, Pensions and REITs. Our clients include banks, asset managers, private funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension service providers, fintech, insurers, securities and investment firms. We advise on market entry, new business and product offerings, expansion plans, funds establishment, operational and regulatory needs.
Recognized as one of the pre-eminent IP practices in Greater China, our team has 40+ years of experience advising leading multinationals and local companies across the full range of IP services. It also covers data privacy & cybersecurity.
We assist local and multinational clients with structuring and executing M&A transactions. We ensure our clients receive comprehensive advice with coverage on all relevant specialist aspects for M&A deals.
We advise on a wide range of real estate transactions throughout Greater China. These transactions include property acquisitions by way of asset deals or share deals and property leasings, as well as real estate related corporate and capital markets deals.
As trusted tax counsel to leading multinational companies for more than five decades, our Tax team is recognized for the high quality of the tax advice we provide in transactions, as well as in global tax policy, transfer pricing, indirect tax, dispute resolution and wealth management matters.