Cleary Gottlieb has offices in Hong Kong and Beijing with approximately 50 resident lawyers. The Hong Kong office, in operation since 1980, is situated in Hysan Place, a distinctive new building opened in 2012 on Hong Kong Island. The Beijing office, established in 2006, is located in the Twin Towers, in Beijing's central business district. With integrated U.S., Hong Kong and English law capability, lawyers in the Hong Kong and Beijing offices represent Asian and non-Asian clients in international securities offerings and financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, restructurings, privatizations, project finance matters, regulatory and antitrust matters and other corporate transactions.