The Legal 500

Sidley Austin LLP

SUITE 608, TOWER C2, ORIENTAL PLAZA, 1 EAST CHANG AN AVENUE, DONG CHENG DISTRICT, BEIJING 100738, CHINA

What we say about the firm's legal practice in China

Banking and finance

Within Foreign firms Other recommended firms

Corporate & M&A

Within Foreign firms, tier 4

Sidley Austin LLP welcomed Joseph Chan to its Shanghai office as a partner from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. The ‘very good’ Shanghai-based Tang Zhengyu represented Boston Power, a US innovator in green battery technology, in its landmark investment of $150m in China. Tang’s ‘qualities include a broad knowledge of law and providing balanced advice with solutions’. Chen Yang, in Beijing, acted for a healthcare and pharmaceutical company in establishing a vaccine manufacturing facility in China.

Dispute resolution

Within Foreign firms, Sidley Austin LLP is a third tier firm,

Sidley Austin LLP’s combined China and Hong Kong practice has been acting for a mineral trading company in a dispute with an Indian supplier, and for a Taiwan-based respondent in an ICC arbitration to contest a multimillion-dollar claim under a loan agreement. Litigation highlights included acting for a fund to enforce two multimillion-dollar ICC arbitral awards against an African sovereign state. Henry Ding is the key partner contact in Beijing, while Hong Kong and Singapore-based Yang Ing Loon is recommended.

Private equity/venture capital

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