Arnold & Porter LLP has been helping clients embark on and navigate successful business ventures in Asia for over 20 years. We work with a variety of international entities as they expand, invest and operate in Japan, and in the burgeoning markets of India, the People's Republic of China, and Southeast Asia. These organizations include major US and international financial institutions, telecommunications and media companies, private equity funds, investment banks, manufacturers of consumer goods, and myriad other global businesses.
We also serve Asian companies in connection with a broad range of international business ventures throughout the Asia Pacific region, as well as provide them with legal and regulatory guidance as they expand and invest in the US and Europe. We combine our deep understanding of our clients' strategies and business objectives with the experience of experts from leading in-country law, accounting and consulting firms, and other professionals who have legal, commercial, and government relationships in the appropriate region in order to serve our clients in various jurisdictions.
Japan: Serving as a Bridge Between East and West
We have been active in Japan for decades, serving as a bridge between Japanese clients doing business in the West, and Western clients doing business in Japan. We have a number of Japanese-speaking lawyers who have devoted substantial parts of their careers to assisting Japanese clients in their activities in the United States and Europe. These lawyers, including several partners, are well-versed in licensing and other technology-based transactions, intellectual property and securities law, as well as in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and a range of other forms of domestic and international transactions. We also work closely with top law firms in Japan to assist our US, European, and other Western clients in understanding the complexities of the Japanese market in order to help those clients succeed in their business ventures.
Doing Business in India
As India takes its place in the global economy of the 21st century, Arnold & Porter's India practice team remains an accomplished partner in helping clients meet the challenges of doing business in India. We can support a client's projects in India through the strong network of relationships we have developed in the Indian legal market.
Our India team includes attorneys in five offices across the US and Europe. The team has significant experience in the following areas: India entry strategies, capital markets, competition, employment/labor law, intellectual property protection, licensing and other commercial transactions, litigation/dispute resolution, private equity, corporate and M&A, real estate and land acquisition, regulatory and tax. Arnold & Porter was recently ranked as a recommended foreign firm for India by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008/2009.
Addressing Regulatory and Other Challenges for China-Related Business
Overcoming the challenges of existing and evolving regulatory frameworks, our China practice team has experience in Chinese regulatory and international trade issues, as well as corporate and M&A, IP, patent, product licensing, joint ventures and other technology-based transactions, litigation, product safety, environmental and national security matters confronting Chinese companies that invest or do business in the United States. With deep US and EU regulatory experience, our firm has become a trusted partner for Chinese businesses and governmental entities as they continue to meet the demands of a dramatically transformed marketplace.
We have been called upon to educate and counsel at various fora on issues relating to the intersection of policy, business, and law. In 2006 we began a series of educational seminars in China to inform Chinese companies regarding the many challenges of investing and doing business in the US and EU.
Additionally, we have engaged select leading law firms in China to assist in our representation of US and European companies, as well as multinationals, in addressing a range of regulatory, trade, and market access issues when pursuing business in China.