Asia

Why Cooley

  • Advises 90+ investment fund managers, with a long history in the space, including having organized China’s first dollar-denominated private investment fund in 1989

  • Regularly counsels investors and high-growth new economy companies on unique business opportunities and legal challenges across the region, with strategically located offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore – which opened in 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively – to handle the most complicated cross-border matters

  • Highly experienced, multilingual team with deep knowledge of each legal system, practice and culture

  • Core corporate capabilities across clients’ full life cycle – including advising on formation of private investment funds, private financings, cross-border capital markets transactions, life sciences corporate partnering and licensing, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters

  • Assists in global litigation and regulatory and compliance matters for Asia-based companies and individuals, spanning commercial litigation, product compliance, antitrust, internal investigations, trademark and domain name disputes

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Accolades and recognition

  • Asian Legal Business China Law Awards, Healthcare Firm of the Year (2024)
  • Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Law Awards, Rising Law Firm of the Year (2024)
  • China Business Law Journal, Top-performing International Law Firm of the Year for:
    • Asset Management (2021 – 2024)
    • Capital Markets – Hong Kong and Overseas (2024)
    • Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences (2019 – 2024)
    • Private Equity and Venture Capital (2019 – 2024)
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific, Band 1 for Emerging Companies and Venture Capital – Singapore (2021 – 2024)
  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Band 1 for Emerging Companies and Venture Capital – Singapore (2021 – 2024)
  • Indian Business Law Journal, Top Foreign Firms in India (2024)
  • Asian Legal Business, China Employer of Choice (2023)
  • The Legal 500 China Law Awards, Rising Firm of the Year (2023)

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