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Key contacts
Managing Partner, Corporate and Commercial: Raymond Wong
Partner, Employment Law and Corporate: Wan Li
Partner, Employment Law: Kathryn Weaver
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

14

Network memberships

Law Society of Hong Kong, England & Wales, Ireland, Australia and Italy

Languages

English; Chinese: Cantonese and Mandarin; Italian; Spanish

Key practice areas
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Corporate and M&A
M&A
M&A - Foreign
M&A - Foreign
Capital markets : Equity - Foreign
Firm overview

Seyfarth’s experienced lawyers partner with our local and international clients to provide them with innovative solutions they need to navigate the ever-evolving legal landscape in these practice areas:

  • Corporate and commercial - Our lawyers work with business in relation to a number of issues and projects, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategies, restructuring and insolvency, IPOs, regulatory compliance, tax, and public takeovers.
  • Employment - Our lawyers deliver round-the-clock solutions to complex cross-border labour and employment issues for multinational companies. The team covers the entire employee lifecycle and a range of employment law and compliance projects, including restructuring, acquisition, workforce integration, and internal investigations.
  • Dispute resolution - Seyfarth’s team in Asia includes members of the firm’s international dispute resolution and arbitration group. The team provides integrated and strategic advice on resolving cross‑border disputes in multiple forums around the world
Key transactional practices
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Labour and employment
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Tel:+852 3956 0600 Fax:+852 3015 5832 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.seyfarth.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Equity
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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Cooley
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Charltons
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Han Kun Law Offices
5 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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Jones Day
14 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kwok Yih & Chan
7 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Winston & Strawn
5 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
6 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Seyfarth Shaw
7 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Tian Yuan Law Firm
3 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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M&A
Notable
60 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Charltons
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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MinterEllison
7 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Notable

Bird & Bird
6 practice areas
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Cooley
6 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Gallant
5 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kwok Yih & Chan
7 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Oldham Li & Nie
5 practice areas
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Seyfarth Shaw
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Tanner De Witt
7 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Seyfarth Shaw was founded in Chicago and has established offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The firm provides multi-jurisdictional and cross-border legal advice on employment law, corporate and commercial, transactions and projects to clients including large corporations, investment banks, investment advisers, broker-dealers, private equity funds and institutional investors. 

Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practice in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, and England and Wales. 

Highlights 

The firm has a focus on the capital market and corporate M&A practice. The firm’s corporate and commercial practice focuses on a wide range of practice such as cross-border mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial, corporate strategies, IPOs, regulatory compliance, tax, and public takeovers in Hong Kong, China, Southeast Asia, the US and Europe. 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include China Golden Classic Holdings, EPI (Holdings), Asia Piling Co, JX Energy, C&D Newin Paper & Pulp Corporation, Beng Soon Machinery Services, and China Kingstone Mining Holdings. 

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ESG
Companies need to ensure that sustainability considerations are woven into business strategy with appropriate controls and oversight to mitigate the potential for greenwashing claims
M&A
From representation and warranty insurance to carveouts, Seyfarth Shaw lawyers explore the key deal term trends and insights for the middle-market sector
M&A
Luke Iovine brings more than 30 years of M&A experience and is the third partner to join the firm’s New York corporate department this year
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