Law Fuel’s list of the bigger end of law that’s left China recently
The China Exodus
Aleast 16 US firms have closed Chinese offices since 2024, including:
- Milbank (Beijing)
- Paul Weiss (Beijing)
- Skadden (Shanghai)
- Weil Gotshal (Shanghai)
- Sidley Austin (Shanghai)
- Morgan Lewis (Shenzhen, opened less than two years ago)
- Fenwick & West (Shanghai)
- Dechert (full China exit via Beijing/Hong Kong closures)
Am Law 100 firms have slashed their mainland China lawyer headcount by 25 percent since 2023 (from 569 to 424), with a 35 percent drop over five years.
But UK-based law firms like Linklaters and Dentons have also departed China and the trend is by no means limited to US Big Law firms.
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