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The first month of the new year is nearly over, but it was just enough time for another Biglaw firm to shut down an office in China. This is the second large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025.<\/p>\nThe office closure trend continues into the new year, marking the 16th U.S.-based firm to reduce its presence in China.
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The first month of the new year is nearly over, but it was just enough time for another Biglaw firm to shut down an office in China. This is the second large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025.<\/p>\n
As noted by the American Lawyer<\/a>, Morgan Lewis & Bockius has shut down its Shenzhen office, which was first opened less than two years ago. Morgan Lewis now becomes the 16th U.S. firm to shutter an office in mainland China since the exodus began in 2024.<\/p>\n It seems that the firm\u2019s office leader lateraled to DLA Piper back in November, and unable to fill his shoes, Morgan Lewis decided to shutter the office. Am Law has additional details:<\/p>\n Morgan Lewis confirmed the office closure. \u201cWe parted ways with our only two lawyers in Shenzhen and reestablished our China-based intellectual property practice in our Shanghai office, where it was initially established in 2017,\u201d Lesli Ligorner, [of] Morgan Lewis\u2019 Shanghai office said. \u2026<\/p>\n \u201cOur combined Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai offices provide corporate, capital markets, corporate investigations, investment management, employment, litigation, and intellectual property services to firm clients through almost 70 lawyers, supported by 46 professional staff, including our October 2024 addition of Bingna Guo in Beijing,\u201d Ligorner said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Which Biglaw firm will be the next say z\u00e0iji\u00e0n to its offices in China? You can\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0or text us (646-820-8477<\/a>) if you have any intel. Thank you.<\/p>\n Morgan Lewis Closes Shenzhen Office After Less Than Two Years<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n The office closure trend continues into the new year, marking the 16th U.S.-based firm to reduce its presence in China. The post Yet Another Biglaw Firm Closes Up Shop At One Of Its China Offices appeared first on Above the Law. The first month of the new year is nearly over, but it was just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":101261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/closed-sign-lawyer-law-firm-GettyImages-534830101-wf77RA.jpeg?fit=2121%2C1414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"