Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

About this office:

Paul, Weiss maintains one of the premier China practices among international law firms and maintains close links with the highest levels of government and business throughout China. The firm's Beijing office has been a prominent member of Beijing's legal community since 1981 and represents international and Chinese clients in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, foreign direct investment and the establishment of joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned companies and holding companies in many industries, ranging from agriculture and automotive to water and windpower, communications, media and technology, financial services (banking and insurance), energy and environment, and real estate.

Our multinational team of Western-trained, Chinese-speaking attorneys has expertise in Chinese law and international business transactions and has been involved in numerous precedent-setting foreign investment transactions in China. The team includes lawyers who are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese. Our Beijing-based lawyers are also fully proficient in written Chinese and draft legal documents in both Chinese and English. The firm has an extensive collection of precedents and standard-form documents in both languages for China-related transactions, which enables us to prepare documents efficiently to serve client needs. Our lawyers publish and speak frequently on China-related legal topics.

Approved by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC to establish a foreign law office in China. Firm engaged in American and International Law Practice but not authorized to appear before the Chinese Courts.

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