Steptoe LLP

Steptoe's Beijing office, which is licensed as a registered foreign law firm in the People's Republic of China, is a key component along with our Hong Kong office of our Asia/Pacific practice. Lawyers in our Beijing office are committed to helping Chinese, US, and other clients conduct business in the most efficient way possible, while managing the unique risks that arise in connection with investment, trade, and business. We advise clients on international regulatory compliance, US and EU trade remedies proceedings, CFIUS, intellectual property, cyber security and data privacy, corporate governance, structuring investments and market access, and US, UK, and EU anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, and export controls.

The Beijing team assists clients with carrying out due diligence and investigations related to anti-corruption, sanctions, and other international regulatory compliance matters, US and UK litigation, international arbitration and resolution of business disputes through mediation and ADR. Our lawyers, including a leading intellectual property practitioner, serve and represent multinational and Chinese companies in US intellectual property proceedings, including patent and trade secrets litigation, and US Section 337 investigations before the USITC.

Our Beijing team often working closely with Steptoe attorneys throughout the region and firm, provides a unique range of services:

• • International Regulatory Compliance
  • US Intellectual Property Litigation
  • US Section 337 Investigations
  • Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and transactional advice
  • Economic Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance and transactional advice
  • Internal/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/UK Bribery Act Investigations
  • Anti-Corruption and Sanctions/Export Controls Due Diligence
  • International Trade
  • World Bank and other Multilateral Development Bank Investigations
  • Cross-border Litigation, International Arbitration, Mediation, and ADR involving Mainland China
  • CFIUS Advice and Related Government Relations Matters

Our Beijing office and practitioners have been recognized by leading legal publications, and honored with numerous awards for our international regulatory compliance and trade practices. Our Beijing-based lawyers have extensive experience in a variety of practice areas, including international trade, internal investigations, international regulatory compliance, US intellectual property disputes, cross-border litigation, international arbitration, and financial compliance among others. With fully bilingual experienced practitioners, our Beijing-based team works seamlessly with the firm's lawyers in Hong Kong, the United States, and Europe in vigorous representation of multinational and Chinese companies before government agencies, and successful advocacy in litigation and arbitrations.