Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Chinese

Lawyer Overview

Paul McKenzie is Managing Partner of the firm’s Beijing office. His practice focuses on a broad range of corporate transactions and regulatory compliance matters in China.

Mr. McKenzie advises international and Chinese corporations on a diverse range of matters including acquisitions and divestitures, real estate development projects, resource development projects, strategies for licensing and distribution of software products, structures for sale and distribution activities in China, and regulatory compliance strategies.

Mr. McKenzie has practiced in Hong Kong and Beijing since 1993. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster in 2005, Mr. McKenzie was the managing partner of another major U.S. law firm’s Hong Kong office.

Mr. McKenzie is recommended for China by The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers 2006-2008, The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers 2009, and as a Leading Lawyer, Mergers & Acquisitions - China by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2006-2009.

Mr. McKenzie received his LL.B. (with distinction) from the University of Toronto in 1989. He is admitted to practice in Hong Kong (1998) and British Columbia, Canada (1990). He is fluent in English and Chinese.

Areas of Practice

• Foreign Direct Investment
• Real Estate
• Privacy and Data Security

Bar Admissions

• British Columbia
• Hong Kong

Education

• University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1989
  J.D.
• University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998
  LL.B.
• University of Toronto, 1985
  B.A.

Address

22nd Floor, China Central Place Tower 3
77 Jianguo Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100025, People's Republic of China

Phones

86 10 5909 3366

Faxes

86 10 5909 3355

Emails

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