Asia Pacific

With continued growth and opportunity in the Asia Pacific (APAC), challenge and change come along for the ride, especially given the widely divergent and evolving legal and political systems and cultures across the region. Seyfarth assists clients who are operating in, or expanding into or out of the Asia Pacific region to navigate such challenge and change, so that they can be confident that their commercial needs are aligned with complex local laws.

HOW WE HELP

Our APAC team is comprised of highly experienced practitioners focused on two distinct practices:  international employment law and international corporate and commercial.

Employment Law: Global Employment Law Solutions that Support Your Strategic Needs

Our specialist Employment Law team has changed the way that many of the world’s largest companies manage their global employment issues by providing a single point of contact with the expertise and experience to manage their global needs. The team has unparalleled APAC experience in the employment and labor issues that employers face in the region. The team has completed more than 500 multi-jurisdictional, strategic HR and employment law compliance projects in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as transactional and post-transactional projects, and many others. 

Corporate and Commercial: Solutions that Enable You to Operate Seamlessly Across Borders

Our experienced team of Corporate and Commercial lawyers are dedicated to serving companies’ needs in Asia Pacific not only at a local level, but also from a regional and multi-jurisdictional perspective. Our transactional work across APAC has included mergers, acquisitions and JVs/strategic alliances, private equity transactions and corporate restructurings. Our commercial work includes distribution, IP licensing and sourcing transactions, corporate governance, and commercial contracts work.

THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE

Our Asia Pacific team has changed the way that many of the world’s largest companies manage their global employment and commercial issues by providing a single point of contact with the skill and experience to manage their global needs. The team has its roots in the Asia Pacific region and is deeply experienced in the employment and corporate & commercial issues that businesses face in the region.