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New year, new departure! U.S.-based Biglaw firms are continuing to reduce their presence in China. Today, we have news of the first Biglaw firm to close its doors in Shanghai in 2025.<\/p>\nThe office closure trend continues into the new year, marking the 15th U.S.-based firm to reduce its presence in China.
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New year, new departure! U.S.-based Biglaw firms are continuing to reduce their presence in China. Today, we have news of the first Biglaw firm to close its doors in Shanghai in 2025.<\/p>\n
As noted by the American Lawyer<\/a>, Fenwick & West will be shutting down its Shanghai office \u2014 its first international office \u2014 which was opened in 2014. Fenwick now becomes the 15th U.S. firm to shutter an office in mainland China since the exodus began in 2024.<\/p>\n It seems that the sole attorney working at Fenwick\u2019s Shanghai office is retiring, thus prompting the closure. Am Law has additional details:<\/p>\n Niping Wu, Fenwick\u2019s last remaining Shanghai partner, is now listed as partner emeritus. She joined the firm in 2015 from legacy Kaye Scholer, where she was also a partner, and advised on cross-border mergers and acquisitions with an emphasis on private equity and strategic investments in Chinese companies. She also advised on debt financing transactions as well as outbound Chinese investments and issuances in the U.S.<\/p>\n The technology and life sciences specialist law firm\u2019s website no longer lists Shanghai as an office location, although it still says the firm has a China practice which provides corporate, intellectual property and tax advice. It lists one partner, and two associates based in New York and Silicon Valley as part of its China offering.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The firm did not respond to a request for comment on the shuttering of its Shanghai location.<\/p>\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 Fenwick Shutters Shanghai Office<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n The office closure trend continues into the new year, marking the 15th U.S.-based firm to reduce its presence in China. The post Say Hello To The First Biglaw Firm To Close An Office In China In 2025 appeared first on Above the Law. New year, new departure! U.S.-based Biglaw firms are continuing to reduce their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":99705,"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-99704","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\/china-lock-GettyImages-1255628951-scaled-1oj1nP.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99704","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=99704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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