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Paul, Weiss's international reach — with offices in London, Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo — enables us to help our clients navigate an increasingly interconnected world economy. In addition to the high volume of work that we do in the United States for clients based in Europe and Asia, we are one of the leading U.S. firms providing advice to Canadian, Asian and South African companies.

There are opportunities for associates to work in our international offices on a case-by-case basis. For example associates are sometimes posted overseas for short-term stints of three months or more, as required by specific client projects. On occasion these work demands result in longer-term postings. We also offer secondment positions, allowing individual associates to be embedded in the offices of our prestigious clients.

Our international offices hire summer associates on an as-needed basis, and interested summer associates also have the opportunity to rotate to our other offices as part of their summer experience.

ASIA

Paul, Weiss serves clients in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and India, through our offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo, complemented by in-depth Asia-related experience in our New York, Washington, Wilmington and London offices. We represent major U.S. and international financial institutions, telecommunications and media companies, private equity funds, investment banks, consumer goods and other companies doing business in Asia. In addition we represent numerous Asian companies in connection with a broad range of international business ventures.

Greater China: Beijing and Hong Kong

Our China practice, which dates back to the very beginnings of China’s period of economic openness and reform, continues to thrive and remains one of the region’s strongest practices among international law firms. Our Hong Kong and Beijing offices are very active in advising U.S., Asian, Chinese and other international companies on direct investment opportunities throughout Asia, the United States and other countries as well as handling a wide range of corporate matters such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and project finance. The offices have particular strength in the technology, media and telecommunications, and financial services industries. We also assist Chinese and international companies in resolving disputes and handling regulatory matters that arise in conjunction with their U.S. operations.

Japan

Since its opening in 1987, the Paul, Weiss Tokyo office has been widely recognized as a leader among U.S. law firms. Over the years the Tokyo office has been integral to the firm’s involvement in high-profile M&A transactions and global securities offerings. Paul, Weiss advises many of Japan’s most prominent trading companies, financial institutions and telecommunications, computer and industrial companies on transactions, disputes and other matters. We also advise Japanese clients on significant litigation and trade dispute matters.

EUROPE

From our London office, we advise a range of clients from a variety of jurisdictions on cross-border matters, including capital markets offerings, merger and acquisition transactions, private equity investments and financings.



 

Shima Osaka
Corporate Associate


The deals I worked on in Tokyo were highly sophisticated—full of complex legal issues. I enjoyed working through the challenges of each deal, negotiating the issues, and pushing myself to think hard. Often the greatest satisfaction for me was working closely with clients on a daily basis—you really tune in to what their needs are.

On any given deal, we might be working with Japanese counsel as well as with teams in New York and other offices to combine our best resources and provide the clients with practical, timely, and innovative advice. I enjoyed the fact that we were tightly integrated with the other offices because I always felt like I was a part of the bigger Paul, Weiss family. I think that working with so many talented people over the years helped me grow as a lawyer.

A young lawyer choosing their first overseas posting should think about what kind of day-to-day work experience they'll get. As a Paul, Weiss associate in the Tokyo office, I worked on all sorts of corporate representations—public and private M&A transactions, securities offerings, acquisitions out of bankruptcy, finance deals... our international offices offer a wide range of work experience. Not every firm's foreign office can say that.