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Languages

• Cantonese
• Chinese
• Dutch
• English
• French
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Putonghua
• Shanghainese
• Spanish
• Taiwanese

Law Firm Overview

Opened in 2003, the Beijing Office is the Firm’s second office in Mainland China, and today numbers approximately 25 lawyers. Jones Day is one of few integrated international law firms with offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Many of our lawyers are PRC natives who bring invaluable local knowledge and understanding, as well as long-standing relationships with many key governmental bodies, to the service of our clients.

Jones Day recognizes the increasing sophistication of deals being carried out in China, and our Beijing lawyers are experienced in advising foreign investors in the areas of dispute resolution, antitrust, and WTO issues; energy and projects; intellectual property; tax; venture capital and other corporate and finance matters, as well as traditional foreign direct investment work. Jones Day also represents Chinese corporations and institutions with respect to their investments and activities not only within China, but also in North America, Europe, and elsewhere in Asia.

Jones Day Beijing is fully integrated into the Firm’s global network of more than 2,500 lawyers and affords our clients seamless access to substantial legal resources wherever needed, whether in China or around the world.

While committed to serving our clients, we are just as committed to the city of Beijing. Our International Legal Fellowship program awards grants to students in Beijing universities to encourage the study of law in China. In addition, our lawyers provide counseling for multiple non-profit corporations including Half the Sky Foundation, The Dandelion Project and The Alliance for Smiles.

Areas of Practice

• Africa Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust & Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Civil Investigations & Litigation
• Antitrust Criminal Investigations
• Antitrust in Asia
• Antitrust Mergers & Joint Ventures
• Banking & Finance
• Biotechnology
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Construction
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Diagnostics
• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Financial Services
• Fund Structuring & Fund Services
• Hospitality
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration
• International Litigation
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International Taxation
• International Trade Disputes & Proceedings
• IP in Asia
• ITC Section 337
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A Transactions
• Media
• Medical Devices
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions Taxation
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution & IP Counseling
• Pharmaceuticals
• Private Equity
• Private Equity / Real Estate Taxation
• Product Recall & Accident Response Team
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Tax
• Telecommunications
• Trademarks, Unfair Competition & Copyrights
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital & Private Investment

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: China Conditionally Approves Seagate Acquisition of Samsung Hard Drive Business, 2012
• Tax Deferral on Reinvestment by China Holding Company Restored, 2011
• Looking Back and Looking Forward After Three Years of Antitrust Enforcement in China, 2011
• Antitrust Alert: China Publishes Two New Merger Decisions Under Anti-Monopoly Law, 2011
• Australia's Highest Court Applies the Hand Brake to Arbitration: Inadequate Reasons Render Award Invalid, 2011
• China: Substantial Progress in Place for the Third Amendments to the Trademark Law, 2011
• Antitrust Alert: China Issues Guidelines on the Assessment of Mergers under the Anti-Monopoly Law, 2011
• China Publishes Final Rules on the National Security Review of Foreign Investment in Chinese Companies, 2011
• China Extends Tax Incentives in Western Regions, 2011
• Asian Capital Markets, 2011
• Asia-Pacific Competition Law, 2011
• Antitrust Alert: China Approves Merger between Russian Potash Producers but Requires They Continue to Supply the Chinese Market, 2011
• A New Labor Era: Higher Costs and Greater Pressures, this article first appeared in China Business Review (Article also available online at http://www.chinabusinessreview.com.html ), 2011
• Antitrust Alert: China’s Supreme Court to Set Framework for Antitrust Litigation, 2011
• China: next stop in the race for leniency?, Global Competition Review, 2011
• China's New National Security Review Will Examine Foreign Investment in Chinese Companies, 2011
• China's New Leniency Procedure in Cartel Investigations, 2011
• Antitrust Alert: China's SAIC Publishes its Final Anti-Monopoly Law Rules, 2011
• China Issues Provisional Regulations for the Abandonment of Offshore Petroleum Facilities, 2010
• China Unifies City Maintenance and Construction Tax and Education Surcharge for Domestic and Foreign Invested Enterprises, 2010
• China's Supreme People's Court Issues Rules on Foreign Investment Disputes, 2010
• Implications of Recent Labor Unrest for MNCs Operating or Investing in China, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: Chinese Officials Impose Conditions on Novartis’ Acquisition of Alcon, 2010
• China Clarifies Tax Rules for Enterprise Reorganizations, 2010
• High-Yield Debt Practice - Asia, 2010
• China's New Tort Law Comes into Effect, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: Chinese Pricing Enforcers Impose Higher Fines as New Rules Proposed, 2010
• Asia Pacific Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, 2010
• Asian Mergers & Acquisitions, 2010
• Asian Dispute Resolution, 2010
• China Collects Tax on Indirect Equity Transfer, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: China Publishes New Draft Rules on Monopoly Agreements, Abuse of Dominance, and Administrative Monopolies, 2010
• China Eases Establishment of Travel Agency Branches, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: China Takes First Action Against Price Cartel Under New Anti-Monopoly Law, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: China Plans National Security Review of Foreign Investments, 2010
• China's Supreme People's Court Issues Clarification and Interpretation of the Contract Law, 2010
• Fraudulent Misrepresentation of Key Project Personnel, 2010
• Beijing Office, 2010
• Early to Rise: Singapore Revamps its Regulations to Capitalize on Asia's Growing Insurance Securitization Market, coauthor, Best's Review, 2009
• Incentives for Setting Up Regional Headquarters in China, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Chinese Antitrust Authority Publishes New Procedural Rules for Non-merger Investigations, 2009
• Chinese Supreme Court Protects State-Owned Assets in Litigation Relating to Non-Performing Loans, 2009
• Merger Control in China, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review, 2009
• China Adopts New Travel Agency Regulations and Lifts Restrictions on Foreign-Invested Travel Agencies, 2009
• China Issues New Tax Rules on Enterprise Reorganizations, 2009
• Legal Considerations for Managing Restructurings in China, 2009
• China Promulgates New Regulations on the Construction, Operation, and Safety of Civil Airports, 2009
• Recent Developments in the United States, EU and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law, GCP Magazine, 2009
• China Strengthens Tax Administrations on Foreign Contractors, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Acquisitions in Australia by Chinese State Owned Enterprises – The ACCC Presumes Common Control, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Coca-Cola / Huiyuan Deal is First Acquisition Blocked by China Antitrust Review, 2009
• The Radical Third Amendment, 2009 China IP Focus, Managing Intellectual Property, 2009
• What Does the Third Amendment to China's Patent Law Mean to You?, 2009
• China's New Transfer Pricing Implementation Rules, 2009
• China Imposes Business Tax on Foreign Services, 2008
• Employment Strategy for Foreign Investors in China After the Publication of the Implementation Rules of the Labor Contract Law, 2008
• China's Antitrust Agency Provides Insights into the Merger Review Process Under the New Anti-Monopoly Law, 2008
• Impact of China's VAT Reform on Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 2008
• China's Thin Capitalization Rule, 2008
• Resolving the Minor Property Right Problem in China, 2008
• What Does the Third Amendment to China's Patent Law Mean to Pharmaceutical Companies?, 2008
• The China Anti-Monopoly Law Becomes Effective, 2008
• Filing Antitrust Suits in Chinese Court, 2008
• Structure and Responsibilities of Enforcement Agencies Under China Anti-Monopoly Law Clarified, 2008
• A Summary of China's Corporate Income Tax Incentives, 2008
• A new dawn for China?, IP Review, 2008
• A Tale of Two Companies, originally published in the May-June 2008 issue of China Business Review, 2008
• China's New Administrative Regulation on Prepaid Corporate Income Tax for Real Estate Developers, 2008
• China High- and New-Technology Enterprises, 2008
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review, 2008
• Chinese Local Governments Fight for Their Share of Tax Revenue, 2008
• The Impact of the New "Super Ministries" Announced by China and How This Affects the Construction Industry, 2008
• Impact of Recent Restrictions on Foreign Investors in the Chinese Real Estate Market, 2008
• Avoiding IP Licensing Pitfalls in China, The Licensing Journal, 2008
• Beijing High Court Upholds Viagra Patent in China - IP Perspectives, 2008
• The Risks Of The Deal – Managing M&A Transactions In China, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel,, 2008
• Implementation Regulations for the New Enterprise Income Tax Law of China, 2007
• Comparing Foreign Investment in China, Post-WTO Accession, with Foreign Investment in the United States, Post-9/11, Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, 2007
• Managing Risks in Chinese M&A Transactions, 2007
• ASIA 2008 A Client's Guide, Jones Day China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chambers & Partners, Legal Publishers, 2007
• Insider Analysis: Defending IP in China Lends Vigor to Patent Process, Viagra Case Demonstrates, Pharma Asia News, 2007
• China's New Mergers and Acquisitions Regulations: A New Direction or Just Fine Tuning?, coauthor, International Company and Commercial Law Review, 2007
• New Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law, 2007
• The Chinese Employment Contract Law of 2007, 2007
• China's Ministry of Construction Issues New Qualification Regulations for Construction, Design, and Supervision Enterprises, 2007
• Further Restrictions for Foreign Investors in China's Real Estate Market, 2007
• China Introduces Further Measures to Regulate Foreign Investment in its Real Estate Market, 2007
• China's Antitrust Regime: A New Statute Announces The Country's Increasing Importance In The Global Economy, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2007
• IP Protection In China: Have A Strategy In Place Before You Go, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Inc., 2007
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2007
• The New PRC Property Law, 2007
• How to litigate patents in China, China IP Focus 2007, 2007
• PRC Government to Enforce Collection of Land Appreciation Tax, 2007
• China Issues New Regulations Opening the Market for Crude Oil, 2007
• China Issues New Regulations Opening the Market for Oil Products, 2006
• Interpretation of the PRC Arbitration Law by the Supreme People's Court, 2006
• PRC Construction Law - A Guide For Foreign Companies, CCH, A Wolters Kluwer business, 2006
• Cultural Design Collision—China’s Ministry of Construction Investigates Foreign Companies Involved in China’s Construction Industry, 2006
• Arrangements for Reciprocal Enforcement of Commercial Judgments Between Mainland China and Hong Kong, 2006
• Mergers and Acquisitions in China, 2006
• PRC Ministry of Construction Issues Draft of Qualification Standards for Construction Engineering General Contracting Special Grade, 2006
• Forum shopping comes to China, China IP Focus 2006, Managing Intellectual Property, 2006
• Overview of the New PRC Company Law, 2006
• How to Protect Pharmaceutical Products in China With or Without a Patent, 2006
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust & Trade Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2006
• Patent Litigation in Chinese Courts, 2006
• China's New Foreign Exchange Control Rules Offer Improved Regulatory Transparency for Equity Financing Deals, reprinted in International Finance & Treasury, World Trade Executive, January 15, 2006, 2005
• China’s Ministry of Construction Issues Administrative Regulation for Foreign-Invested Construction Services Enterprises, 2005
• China’s Ministry of Construction Issues Consolidated Qualification Regulations for Consultation, 2005
• China: The Emergence of a Major New LNG Demand Market in Asia ?, 2005
• China, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: international Arbitration 2005, Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2005
• What Happened Last Year and What Might Happen This Year? The Fundamental Changes in China’s Land Law, 2005
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust & Trade Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2005
• The Chinese Power Sector -- A Foreigner's Perspective, 2004
• Deconstructing Restructuring Law, New York Law Journal, 2004
• Dispute Resolution in Greater China, 2004
• Are Your Chinese Patents At Risk?, 2004
• Investment in the People's Republic of China, 2004
• A Revised Construction Law for China, 2004
• Real Estate Practice in China, 2004
• Beijing Office Update, 2004
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust & Trade Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2004
• International Commercial Arbitration in Asia, 2004
• China’s Ministry of Construction Issues Foreign Design Enterprise Regulations, 2004
• Arbitration in China, 2004
• The Prospects for LNG in Asia in the 21st Century, 2004
• Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on the Law as it Applies to Construction Disputes in China, 2004
• Gas-Fired Power Generation in China: Opportunity or Road Block?, 2003
• Improving Implementation of the PRC Construction Law, 2003
• China’s Ministry of Construction Extends Period for Applying for Foreign-Invested Construction Enterprise Qualification Certificates, 2003
• Opening the Way for M&A Activity in China, 2003
• Standard Terms for Asia Oilfield Services Contracts, PetroMin, 2003
• China’s Supreme People’s Court Upholds Autonomy of Letters of Credit, 2003
• China Focuses on Venture Capital and M&A: New Rules on Foreign VC Investments Open up Easier Access, 2003
• Making and Maintaining Successful Energy Sector Investments in China, 2003
• Construction: How will China’s Accession to the WTO Affect the Construction Industry in China – Opportunities for Foreign Companies, 2003
• First Step in the Long March - Year One of China's WTO Accession, China Law and Practice, 2003
• The Future of Power in China, International Power Finance Review, 2002
• One China, Two Accessions, China Law & Practice, WTO, 2002
• China's Accession to the WTO, 2002
• China's WTO Accession Will Have a Positive Impact on the Chemicals Industry, 2002
• The PRC Telecom Regulatory Regime: Piecing Together the Puzzle, Hong Kong Lawyer, 2001
• WTO Mandated Legal Reform: China's Next Revolution, China Law & Practice, 2001
• China's Long WTO March, China Law & Practice, 2001

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Arbitration, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act