Asia
Beijing
In 2004, we opened our Beijing office to assist multinational clients with a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border legal issues and to provide strategic counseling for clients regularly interfacing with Chinese regulators and governmental bodies.
Lawyers in our Beijing office are fluent in English and Mandarin and have a deep understanding of Chinese markets, with sector experience in consumer products, energy, financial services, health care, higher education institutions, manufacturing, real estate, technology, and transportation and logistics.
Combined with our fully integrated global network, our lawyers in Beijing seamlessly advise:
- Multinational clients on their PRC inbound investments and operations, including antitrust and competition, asset management, intellectual property protection, labor and workplace safety, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and policy and regulatory-related issues;
- Chinese clients on their outbound investments and go-global initiatives, including the Belt and Road initiatives, accessing debt and equity capital markets, global compliance issues and audits, international arbitration and litigation, international trades and export controls, private and public mergers and acquisitions; and
- International nongovernmental organizations on their PRC-based philanthropic endeavors.
In 2020, we expanded our China-based Intellectual Property (IP) capabilities by launching the K&L Gates IP Agency in Beijing, which allows us to file and prosecute trademark applications directly with the China National Intellectual Property Administration.
Capabilities:
- Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation
- Asset Management and Investment Funds
- Data Protection, Privacy, and Security
- Emerging Growth and Venture Capital
- Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources
- Finance
- Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation (including section 337 proceedings)
- IP Procurement and Portfolio Management
- Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution (mediation and arbitration)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Policy and Regulatory
- Private Equity Transactions
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Tax
- Telecommunications, Media, and Technology
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
- The 2024 Chambers Greater China Region guide recognized the firm and its lawyers among leaders in China in the areas of Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption, Corporate/M&A, Investment Funds, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax, and TMT in the international firms category.
- The 2024 Chambers Global guide recognized the firm and its lawyers among leaders in China in the areas of Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruptions, Corporate M&A, and Investment Funds in the international firms category.
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 edition recognized the firm and its lawyers among leaders in China in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds, and Tax in the foreign firms category.
- The Benchmark Litigation Guide 2023 recognized the firm among leaders in China in the area of commercial and transactions disputes in the international firms category.
- China Business Law Journal recognized the firm and its lawyers with the following:
- One lawyer among The A-List 2023-24: Growth Drivers (International) and two lawyers among The A-List 2023-24: Visionaries (International)
- China Business Law Awards– Law Firm of the Year 2023 – Taxation
- China Business Law Awards – Law Firm of the Year 2023 – Aviation
- Deal of the Year 2022 – Wanda’s Transfer Legendary Stake to Apollo
- Deal of the Year 2022 – Silicon Motion Technology’s Take-Private Offer
- Asian Legal Business has recognized the firm with the following:
- Annual M&A Rankings 2023 – China (International)
Great attention to detail while keeping the big picture in mind.
Aware of what terms impact clients’ business most and prioritizes effectively.
K&L Gates' Greater China IP team is the first port of call for companies requiring brand protection. Drawing on the firm's IP Agency in China, as well as its trademark and patents groups in Japan and Hong Kong, the team is well-versed in patent litigation, Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and portfolio development matters in the US, Asia, Australia and Europe.
K&L Gates is very commercial and good at giving clients constructive suggestions when the deal is in dilemma. The legal skills of its team are comprehensive and, at the same time, very specialized.
