The head of the China Practice Group and the Asia Communications and Technology Practice Group, Jeanette K. Chan is a partner in the Corporate Department and is the representative of the Beijing office, splitting her time between the firm's offices in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Her practice has focused on foreign direct investments into the PRC, with emphasis on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. She has also been an active participant in the Chinese telecommunications, IT and media markets since 1994, when they first opened to foreign companies. The other industries Ms. Chan has been involved in include insurance, banking, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and health care.

Ms. Chan spent several years with Paul, Weiss in Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai prior to relocating to Hong Kong. From 1987 to 1989, she managed the firm's Shanghai presence, assisting clients in their investments and operations in Shanghai and elsewhere in China. In addition, Ms. Chan spent almost two years based in Hong Kong as the senior international legal advisor of Cable & Wireless, plc for the Asia Pacific region, including its operations in China.

Ms. Chan is a Chinese speaker (Mandarin, Shanghainese and Cantonese) and writes Chinese.

She is frequently recognized as one of the world's leading PRC law practitioners, particularly in the communications, media and technology industries, by various publications including AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Who's Who. Chambers Asia 2010 ranked Ms. Chan as a "Band 1" leading individual for TMT in information technology and telecommunications & broadcasting in China/Hong Kong. PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2010 listed her as a leading individual for telecommunications and highly recommended in media in China and Hong Kong. Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2010 identified Ms. Chan as a leading lawyer in TMT and venture Capital & private equity. Jeanette Chan was voted one of the "20 Leading Lawyers" by Asian Legal Business' Leading M&A Firms survey 2009 and for the sixth year Asian Legal Business named Ms. Chan as a "Hot 100" legal practitioner in Asia. Asian-Counsel magazine selected Ms. Chan as an "External Counsel of the Year 2009." Ms. Chan was noted as a leading individual in TMT in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009/2010 edition. Ms. Chan was also noted as a Paul, Weiss "Leading lawyer" in China M&A and Hong Kong private equity by IFLR 1000 2010 edition. Chambers Global 2008 ranked Ms. Chan as a leading individual in the categories of TMT, corporate/M&A and private equity. Ms. Chan was noted in Who's Who In Private Equity – China 2008 by Asian Venture Capital Journal, and was also noted as being "a force in the TMT world" and "a great lawyer for China corporate work."

Ms. Chan is an elected member of the Council of Governors of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia ("CASBAA"), and is a foreign legal consultant to the All China Lawyer's Association.