Founded nearly a century ago in Washington, D.C., Covington & Burling LLP today is recognized as a leading international law firm, with more than 800 lawyers practicing in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington. The firm has a reputation for the quality of its work, deep loyalty to its clients, its sophistication in complex regulatory, corporate and litigation matters, and its commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards. We advise and represent the world’s leading software and high-technology concerns, major companies of all kinds, including those in the oil and gas sector, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, defense contractors, manufacturing and consumer products entities, financial institutions, and media companies as well as foreign governments and international organizations.
Covington also is highly regarded for the global scope and breadth of its international practice, including its work for clients in China and throughout Asia. The firm has decades of experience in the region, and from our offices in Beijing and Shanghai, we frequently serve as advisors or advocates on projects and transactions presenting novel and complex issues of pan-Asian scope and importance. Our clients include companies active in virtually all sectors of Asia’s economy, including both established multinational corporations and smaller firms in the initial stages of operations. A number of firm lawyers are proficient in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Hindi. We are honored to represent leading Asian, American, and other companies throughout Asia, including with regard to their operations in China.
Covington enjoys a unique alliance with McLarty Associates, the strategic consulting firm headed by former White House Chief of Staff and Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. McLarty and Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy, a strategic consulting firm headed by Malik Dahlin which expands and strengthens our ability to provide high quality legal services to clients operating in and from the Middle East. McLarty Associates and Institution Quraysh provide strategic advice and advocacy on behalf of clients throughout the world. These unique alliances give our clients access to the combined experience and expertise of lawyers, diplomats, policy- and opinion-makers and intelligence analysts to address their important international legal, regulatory, and commercial issues.
Our American and international clients look to us for advice and judgment on a broad array of legal issues. For Chinese and other Asian clients seeking to do business in the United States, our lawyers can provide expert and specialized assistance in many areas, including:
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) in connection with investments and acquisitions in the United States
- Regulatory and policy matters in such key areas as pharmaceuticals, energy, telecommunications, banking and finance, transportation, intellectual property, product safety and liability, trade and antitrust matters
- Legislative and executive branch matters in Washington, D.C. and state capitals
- Media and communications issues
- Corporate governance, securities disclosure & other US and international securities and financial compliance issues
- Foreign corrupt practices matters
- Export control issues
- Transactions, including mergers and acquisitions
- Litigation
- Tax matters
- Patent litigation and the acquisition and licensing of intellectual property rights
- Environmental policy and mitigation
- Carbon markets and climate change issues
- Bankruptcy and insolvency
- Life Sciences transactions and licensing
Covington likewise assists a wide-range of US clients either entering new markets in Asia, or addressing issues involving established business operations in the region. Our lawyers represent US companies in Asia in virtually every area of legal expertise, including:
- Market access rights and issues, and WTO matters
- Intellectual property rights, including the acquisition and defense of such rights
- Asian and U.S. regulatory and policy matters
- Foreign corrupt practices issues
- Export control issues
- Transactions, including mergers and acquisitions
- International tax matters
- Carbon markets and climate change issues
Through our Brussels and London offices, Covington also assists Asian and US clients with their needs in Europe in a wide variety of areas, including:
- EU regulatory and policy matters
- Expertise in trade, state aid, customs, competition, and data protection
- Expertise in key regulated areas such as chemicals, IP, and pharmaceuticals
- Transactional and tax capabilities
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