is a law firm that specializes in providing legal services to small to medium-sized companies throughout the United States in their China-related investment, merger and acquisition, joint venture, real estate, outsourcing and intellectual property matters (outbound). The firm also regularly counsels Chinese businesses on acquiring companies, establishing operations in the U.S. and raising capital, whether from venture capital firms and other private investors or by accessing the U.S. public markets (inbound).

Headquartered in San Francisco, and strategically affiliated with law firms in China, U.S.-China Law Counsel provides seamless, integrated services to our clients in the most cost-effective way.

The People’s Republic of China started implementation of its “open-door” policy and economic reforms in the late 1970s. Through almost 30 years of effort, China’s achievements in market-oriented economic reforms have drawn worldwide attention. The country’s recent entry into the World Trade Organization has resulted in the removal of many foreign investment barriers. With its gross domestic product growing at an annual rate of over 9%, China’s was ranked the fourth largest in the world’s economy in 2005.

While China’s marketization is attracting increasingly large number of investors worldwide...