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 splits 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 their 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, the Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Who's Who. Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 ranked Ms. Chan as a "Band 1" Leading Individual in private equity and TMT in China. IFLR 1000 2011 recognized her as a Paul, Weiss "Leading Lawyer" in Hong Kong private equity. Ms. Chan was also noted as a leading individual in the areas of TMT, corporate M&A, investment funds and private equity in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 2010/2011 edition. Practical Law Company listed her as a leading individual for private equity: buyouts in China, for telecommunications in China and Hong Kong, and as highly recommended for media in China and Hong Kong in 2010. AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2010 identified Ms. Chan as a leading lawyer in TMT, and in venture capital and private equity.

Ms. Chan is a member of the New York Bar, and is also admitted to practice law in Canada, the UK (non-practising) and Hong Kong. She is a foreign legal consultant of the All China Lawyer's Association. Ms. Chan received her legal training at the University of British Columbia Law School, and an LL.M. degree in International Law from Harvard Law School.