Situated in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Gibson Dunn’s Asia offices work seamlessly with the firm’s 18 other offices to provide legal and regulatory coverage for clients across the Asia-Pacific region and around the world.
Gibson Dunn’s Asia-based lawyers have extensive regional experience and are qualified in the U.S., England and Wales, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. We are a recognized leader in representing companies in all major industries, as well as governments, government-owned entities, sovereign wealth funds, investment and commercial banks, financial sponsors, and individuals.
Our Asia-based lawyers have all lived and worked in the region for many years and possess an in-depth understanding of the legal environment and business culture. We have deep and established relationships and work seamlessly with local lawyers in all Asian jurisdictions as dictated by our clients’ needs.
We have advised on matters in Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Chambers Asia-Pacific has ranked us in several key practice areas, including Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, and Energy. We are also recognized by Chambers Greater China Region and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for our expertise in areas such as Corporate Investigations, Competition Law, and Investment Funds. Additionally, the IFLR1000 has acknowledged our lawyers in Banking, M&A, and Project Finance.
One of our key strengths lies in our ability to integrate the skills and resources of our practitioners across different practice areas and jurisdictions. Whether it’s cross-border transactions, regulatory matters, or complex litigation, our team is equipped to handle the most challenging legal issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
We have more than three decades of experience handling China-related transactions, with particular sophistication in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investment funds, finance, technology and infrastructure matters.
We have been involved in many never-been-done-before transactions in Hong Kong and China, including the spin off and separate listing of PCCW’s telecommunications business in the form of a novel structure involving a listed trust, which was the first listing of its kind in Hong Kong, raising approximately US$1.2 billion. We were also involved in China’s first sale of non-performing loans to international investors; the first listing of a Chinese enterprise on the NYSE; the first large Sino-U.S. power project; and the development and financing of China’s first LNG receiving terminal.
We advise clients throughout South and Southeast Asia on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financial transactions, project finance, energy and infrastructure, renewables, international arbitration, investment funds, and regulatory and compliance. We utilize our long-standing relationships with high-caliber local counsel as needed.
As one of the nine international law firms having been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law, we can offer one-stop services and provide our clients with local Singapore law advice in permitted practice areas.
Our lawyers have been active in Indonesia for over 25 years and have wide-ranging experience in corporate, restructuring, banking and finance, and energy and infrastructure matters. We understand the implications of the latest legal developments and regulations and can assist in structuring transactions according to what is best for our clients. A client noted, “They are an excellent law firm with a team of known leaders for Indonesia-related matters. They always update their knowledge to properly understand the changing and complex laws in Indonesia” in the Chambers Asia Pacific 2024 guide.
In the Philippines, our lawyers have experience representing both private and governmental entities on various transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and project development and finance, as well as international arbitration. Commenting on our telecommunications infrastructure work, a client noted, “Connell O’Neill and his team have a very good knowledge of towers in the Philippines and how the contracts between a telecom operator and a towers operator work generally” in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 guide.
Our lawyers have decades of experience assisting clients in the Indian market and Indian clients doing business outside India. We work alongside highly ranked local legal counsel as needed, possess an in-depth understanding of the legal and cultural environment, and have capability to work across most major languages in India. Our team has pioneered cross-border transactional work in India and has the capability to coordinate cross-border strategies and solutions to the most challenging legal matters. The Indian Business Law Journal noted that “Gibson Dunn has deep transactional experience from decades of counselling financial institutions, private equity investors and multinational companies in India. The firm has assisted on investment structuring in sectors including manufacturing, FMCG, telecoms, retail, energy, information technology, real estate, aviation and infrastructure.”
We have deep ties and extensive experience representing private equity funds on Korea-related matters, covering buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, acquisition financing, fund formation, GP and LP-side co-investments, and continuation fund transactions. We also work on a wide range of market-leading transactional, advisory, and contentious regulatory matters in Korea. A client noted, “Gibson Dunn has a strong investment funds practice, and they are especially adept at fund formation for Korean private equity sponsors,” in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 guide.
