ESTABLISHED IN 1946

Asia Practice Chair: Mike Margolis
Number of partners: 308
Number of associates: 311

Firm Overview

Blank Rome, founded more than 70 years ago, is an “Am Law 100” law firm – one of the largest in the US. We have 13 offices in the US and a representative office in Shanghai. Our more than 600 doctoral-level attorneys and principals provide a full range of legal and advocacy services to clients operating both in the US and around the world.

Our professionals are widely recognized for their leading knowledge and experience across a broad spectrum of industries, as well as for their dedication to diversity, and inclusion initiatives and pro bono work.

We are fiercely dedicated to client service, with:

• Fast and thorough answers when you need them;
• Deep substantive expertise;
• Clear communications;
• Around-the-clock service;
• Commitment to understanding your business.

Our Greater China practice

Each team leader in our Greater China practice has worked in and with Greater China for over 18 years. Eight years ago, driven by the needs of our clients with business operations around the world, we opened our representative office in Shanghai. Of course, we can communicate fluently in Mandarin and several other Chinese dialects.

Blank Rome provides experienced legal representation for Asia-based clients doing business in the US, and for US clients doing business in Asia. We represent US Fortune 500 and other important companies in their operations within Greater China.

We are proud to have built loyal relationships with some of China’s largest private and state-owned enterprises, as well as with leading Chinese middle-market businesses and entrepreneurs.

Our extensive knowledge of the dangers and opportunities in cross-border investment, business operation, and dispute resolution helps our Chinese clients to navigate the increasingly complex challenges of the US legal, regulatory and litigation landscape, for example regarding:

• M&A, securities, private equity, bank lending, finance, international taxation;
• Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy, cybersecurity;
• International trade, import/export, sanctions;
• Maritime and transportation; energy; environmental; real estate; healthcare;
• Employment, insurance, other operational issues, and government relations;
• Compliance, corporate governance, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering

We strive to be your partners in success for decades to come.