Almost all major companies today are involved in international business activities or face competition from global sources. Increasingly, midsize firms, too, know that their success requires active participation in the world market. Doing business in the international arena is exciting. It can also be complex and intimidating. It is subject to a large array of domestic statutes and regulations governing exports, imports, international finance, overseas investments and the general conduct of business in or involving foreign jurisdictions. Bryan Cave LLP has long counseled clients in complying with such laws and, when necessary, in dealing with the governmental investigations and enforcement actions that can be a troubling part of the international regulatory landscape.
Focus
The International Trade Group offers timely legal advice on the full range of subjects necessary for clients engaged in international business, including:
Full-Service Chinese Corporate and Trade Practice
Bryan Cave operates in China both under its own license and in affiliated offices in Beijing and Guangzhou of Alpha & Leader, a Chinese law firm in the corporate and finance sectors. This allows us to offer local law services to our clients.
The affiliated firms together provide offices in Guangzhou, where Alpha & Leader has its headquarters, as well as Beijing and Shanghai, with 80 Chinese lawyers and 40 additional professionals across China. These lawyers advise many of China’s top domestic banks, as well as U.S. commercial and investment banks and multinational corporations. The firms’ practice areas include financial, transactional and corporate services, risk and asset management, and litigation and arbitration. The lawyers in the affiliation have received top ratings and recognition from the Legal 500 and Chinese lawyers’ associations.
The alliance allows Bryan Cave to offer current and future clients an integrated capacity in China that only an affiliation with a local firm can provide and enables the network of affiliated lawyers to better handle corporate, finance, real estate, transactional and international trade matters in China and across the globe.
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Cecil Leong is the chief executive officer of
Bryan Cave International Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Firm which provides customs and trade regulation consulting services. In that role, he also serves as the Deputy Leader of the Firm's International Trade Client Service Group. BCIC and the CSG work together to provide global trade regulation services to our clients.