Steptoe LLP

Steptoe's Beijing and Hong Kong offices, which are licensed as a registered foreign law firm in the People's Republic of China, are a key component of our Asia/Pacific practice. Lawyers in these offices 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.

Our Asia Pacific 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 Asia Pacific team often works closely with Steptoe attorneys throughout the region and firm, providing a unique range of services including:

• 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

In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe* has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com. (*Steptoe LLP, Steptoe International (UK) LLP, and affiliated entities.)