Hong Kong Business Directory

Company Background

Paul, Weiss is a world-class law firm whose influence spans the globe. Few firms can match the breadth and depth of skill provided by our leading corporate and litigation practices. The firm consists of more than 900 lawyers with diverse backgrounds, personalities and ideas who provide innovative and effective solutions to our clients’ most critical and complex legal and business challenges.

The world’s largest multinational corporations, financial institutions, investment banks, private equity funds and pension funds rely on Paul, Weiss to handle their most important legal and business challenges. Our lawyers consistently earn high praise for their innovative approach to complex transactions and are recognized internationally.

Paul, Weiss has one of the most dynamic and longstanding China practices among international law firms since the beginning of the period of economic openness and reform. In 1981, Paul, Weiss became one of the first foreign firms to establish an office in Beijing, China. The firm opened an office in Hong Kong in 1983, and in 1998 the Hong Kong office was qualified and registered as a Hong Kong law firm, enabling us to advise on Hong Kong law matters.

Business Activities

Paul, Weiss provides legal services to companies which require legal advice in the structuring and execution of transactions in China and the rest of Asia. The firm has considerable strengths in the practice areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, foreign direct investment and the establishment of joint ventures, infrastructure development, project finance, acquisition finance, capital markets, corporate governance and internal investigations, and reorganizations and restructurings. We advise clients across industries, including broadcasting, communications, media and technology, entertainment, energy, financial services (banking, insurance and asset management), theme parks and gaming facilities.

Lawyers in the office are involved in many cross-border transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region in jurisdictions that include mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. The firm has a particularly strong China and Taiwan practice and our offices in Hong Kong and Beijing work closely together to serve our clients' needs in Greater China.