Asia

Overview

Crowell’s lawyers and professionals advise multinational corporations on doing business throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and Asia-based companies on issues in the U.S., EU, and beyond. Our lawyers regularly advise on cross-border matters in industry sectors such as defense, financial services, private equity, manufacturing, retail, and transportation. We also work closely with our colleagues in Crowell Global Advisors’s office in Singapore on government relations, public policy, and public affairs matters.

China

In China, our lawyers and professionals help clients with complex, cross-border transactions and investments, particularly those that involve the potential conflict of U.S./EU/UK law and quickly evolving Chinese law relating to issues such as sanctions, export control, data privacy, and cybersecurity. We also assist Chinese companies with intellectual property protection and with respect to assertions of infringement of their products. We regularly work with our colleagues in other offices on regulatory matters involving China and other jurisdictions in areas such as antitrust and competition, U.S. international trade, international tax, biotech, cybersecurity and privacy, retail, labor and employment, intellectual property, internal investigations, international arbitration, and commercial litigation.

Singapore – Crowell Global Advisors

Through its base in Singapore, Crowell Global Advisors helps clients shape the fast-evolving policy and regulatory landscape across the Asia-Pacific region. Clients engage us to leverage forums like APEC and ASEAN, and our team has crafted policy and public affairs initiatives in partnership with industry associations, academics, NGOs, and other stakeholders throughout Asia.

In addition to our lawyers in the region, we have lawyers and staff with language capabilities in several of our global offices. We also have strong relationships with law firms located throughout the region.

In addition to our lawyers in the region, we have lawyers and staff with language capabilities in several of our global offices. We also have strong relationships with law firms located throughout the region.

Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 01.29.26

ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting 2026: Spotlight on AI Cooperation in Asia's Rising Markets

The sixth convening of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 15-16, 2026, under the theme “ASEAN Adaptive: From Connectivity to Connected Intelligence.” Senior government officials from across the 11 Southeast Asian nations that form the ASEAN bloc deliberated on key digital policy issues for the region’s economic growth, such as enhancing widespread AI adoption, combating online scams, promoting regional cyber resilience, and boosting digital infrastructure development.  These are aligned with the Philippines’ digital priorities as ASEAN’s Chair for 2026....

Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 01.29.26

ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting 2026: Spotlight on AI Cooperation in Asia's Rising Markets

The sixth convening of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 15-16, 2026, under the theme “ASEAN Adaptive: From Connectivity to Connected Intelligence.” Senior government officials from across the 11 Southeast Asian nations that form the ASEAN bloc deliberated on key digital policy issues for the region’s economic growth, such as enhancing widespread AI adoption, combating online scams, promoting regional cyber resilience, and boosting digital infrastructure development.  These are aligned with the Philippines’ digital priorities as ASEAN’s Chair for 2026....