Hong Kong Office

To meet the growing business needs of our clients, Simpson Thacher has been active in Greater China, Korea and across Asia for over 30 years through our office in Hong Kong. The highly praised office offers one of the largest resident teams among U.S. law firms to leading Chinese and foreign companies. We advise on U.S., Hong Kong and English laws, and most of our Hong Kong lawyers are bilingual speakers of English and Mandarin Chinese, providing the necessary depth of local experience and appreciation of Chinese culture, customs and business practices.

From our Greater China offices, Simpson Thacher is truly a Pan-Asia firm. Our regional team regularly advises our private equity and corporate clients on their key strategic acquisitions and investments across the region. We have completed transactions across 17 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions in the past three years (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam).

With over three decades of leadership in the Korean legal market, the Firm’s Hong Kong-based Korea Practice is a top choice among many clients for Korea-related transactions. We have amassed an impressive track record in Korea due to our proven excellence based on experience, quality client service, efficiency and effectiveness.

Coordinating with the Firm’s office in Beijing, as well as Tokyo and our other offices worldwide, we are able to provide global reach in our advice on:

• Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures
• Inbound and outbound investments
• Capital markets, including IPOs and debt offerings
• Private equity transactions
• Private fund formation
• Banking and credit
• Real estate
• Dispute resolution, arbitration, investigations and regulatory matters