Over the course of the last several decades, clients have benefited from Simpson Thacher establishing one of the leading transactional practices in Asia—with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo. As globalization intensified, and the transactional activities of our clients increased, they needed representation in Trans-Pacific litigation, and regulatory and investigative matters. Our Asia Litigation Practice serves our clients in this rapidly expanding market.
Clients seek the advice of our Asia Litigation Practice primarily for securities litigation, government and internal investigations, international arbitration, and antitrust and trade regulation. Our team includes attorneys with extensive experience in Asia-related litigation, including many who are fluent in Chinese, Japanese or Korean. Clients rely on our ability to obtain successful, cost-effective outcomes, and appreciate our understanding of the interplay of economic, legal and cultural issues arising in litigation, arbitration and investigation matters. We are pleased that these successes have earned us the trust and loyalty of numerous leading companies with business interests in Asia.
Select disputes include:
- Alibaba in multibillion-dollar securities class action alleging false and misleading statements in prospectus for its record-setting $25 billion IPO; and separately, in securities class action related to Ant Group’s IPO
- JOYY in Ninth Circuit affirmation of a complete dismissal of a securities class action
- Daiichi Sankyo in securing a final award of approximately US$525 million on a fraud claim in ICC arbitration in Singapore
Select government and internal investigations include:
- Audit committee of a Chinese automotive energy company in an investigation into possible corruption and bribery issues in China
- Global charitable organization in internal investigation relating to suspected corruption in operations in India
- A senior executive of a global shipping company in a DOJ criminal investigation involving China, Japan and Brazil