SJ Berwin is launching a new dedicated China and East Asia practice with an office in Hong Kong.
The firm’s first office beyond Europe will be founded by three partners and one consultant: Asia Managing Partner Daniel Liew, Peter Tse, Hans Thomas Kessler and Giovanna Kwong.
The team will focus on corporate & commercial work and dispute resolution, including private equity funds and buy-outs, M&As, projects and project finance with a focus on the infrastructure, energy, power, water, telecommunications, technology, life sciences, real estate, banking and finance, insurance, steel and natural resources sectors.
Founded in 1982, SJ Berwin is a pan-European firm with offices in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Turin.